The brands I sell!
pm me for all of your tooling needs! Always wanted to hijack a spam thread.... on a serious note I am a distributor and sell a bunch of different brands. It truly depends on what you’re doing with it. Running a Bridgeport cheap carbide maybe a HTC or CGS Tool or Accupro (for you MSC fans) but you can probably go cheaper than that. Running a 5th axis on 60 HRC mold I would suggest Mitsubishi or US Union. Job shop Helical is good or a similar level tool like Gorilla Mill, Imco, Garr / a US brand with a $50-$60 price point on a 1/2” variable helix 4 flute.
LOL! Yah mean well, but..
He said "beginner"?
Absent a hands-on Grand Master of a millhand to
teach yah?
Whatever is CHEAPEST.. 'coz by yerself, "OJT", you won't even know what yer doin', lookin' for, what matters, WHY, nor even what to ASK to get more APPROPRIATE advice... until you have bustid, dulled, or burnt-up easily a dozen endmills, ANY type.
Mills ain't as forgiving as lathes. Yah have to learn the machine easily as much as the tooling.
"Job ONE" is a damned good pair of safety glasses, actually. Next up, patience, humility, and an open mind.
Person can learn this. Millions already have.
But box-tick "instant gratification" off a shopping list don't share a blanket with a mill.