Looking for opinions on the legitimacy of running a 2.5" toolmex 45deg fm on a straight shank 3/4 to 3/4 arbor on a 5hp continuous 7.5hp peak spindle.
Issue is this old Kitamura is 35 taper and all the holders I can find are 1.25" arbor(have one here) and all the face mills I see are 4"+ with that arbor size and this mill really can't handle that(both carrousel and power/rigidity)
I purchased a toolmex 2.5" fm with the idea to either machine out arbor hole to work with 1.25" tool holder, make an adaptor to connect them(basically an extension,) or make new tool holder with 3/4 arbor; however, have been looking into these straight shank arbors which would go into a solid endmill tool holder(weldon style)
would this be asking too much of the tooling?
regards,
Lock
Issue is this old Kitamura is 35 taper and all the holders I can find are 1.25" arbor(have one here) and all the face mills I see are 4"+ with that arbor size and this mill really can't handle that(both carrousel and power/rigidity)
I purchased a toolmex 2.5" fm with the idea to either machine out arbor hole to work with 1.25" tool holder, make an adaptor to connect them(basically an extension,) or make new tool holder with 3/4 arbor; however, have been looking into these straight shank arbors which would go into a solid endmill tool holder(weldon style)
would this be asking too much of the tooling?
regards,
Lock