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"gilles"

12/02/2007 9:12 PM

milling machine

hi guys i have purchaced a milling machine with a rotary vise sure works
nice on wood i make oak wheals cutting in the end grain nice clean cut and
perfact round wheels shoul have bouht one years ago thanks
[email protected]


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b

in reply to "gilles" on 12/02/2007 9:12 PM

14/02/2007 11:25 AM

ayup. I have a mill-drill as my main drilling machine in the shop. a
rotary table is on the list of things I want to find at a yard sale
someday....

the big disadvantage of a mill for woodworking seems to be slow
spindle speeds.

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "gilles" on 12/02/2007 9:12 PM

14/02/2007 1:25 PM

gilles wrote:
| hi guys i have purchaced a milling machine with a rotary vise sure
| works nice on wood i make oak wheals cutting in the end grain nice
| clean cut and perfact round wheels shoul have bouht one years ago
| thanks [email protected]

Great! Can/would you post a photo to
news:alt.binaries.pictures.woodworking?

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

MD

"Morris Dovey"

in reply to "gilles" on 12/02/2007 9:12 PM

16/02/2007 4:19 PM

Steve knight wrote:
| On 14 Feb 2007 11:25:52 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
|
|| ayup. I have a mill-drill as my main drilling machine in the shop.
|| a rotary table is on the list of things I want to find at a yard
|| sale someday....
||
|| the big disadvantage of a mill for woodworking seems to be slow
|| spindle speeds.
|
| a rotary table is a pain to setup (G) what a hassle to get it right.
| speed is not a big issue use a hss endmill and just be careful
| when you exit the side grain that's when you can get blowout. other
| then that it is not a problem. I don't usually change speed anymore
| if I am not exiting side grain.

Tip: If your setup allows you to plunge to cutting depth at the exit
point, doing so before making the cut that's producing tearout will
usually eliminate the tearout problem.

Corollary: If you have tearout at the beginning of a cut, try plunging
to your cutting depth with the center of the bit at the edge of the
stock.

HTH

--
Morris Dovey
DeSoto Solar
DeSoto, Iowa USA
http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto

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darkon

in reply to "gilles" on 12/02/2007 9:12 PM

15/02/2007 9:33 PM

<[email protected]> wrote:

> ayup. I have a mill-drill as my main drilling machine in the
> shop. a rotary table is on the list of things I want to find at
> a yard sale someday....
>
> the big disadvantage of a mill for woodworking seems to be slow
> spindle speeds.

Get one of these machines from Grizzly:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/G9959

420-5000 rpm. Only $2850. :-)

It'd be a fun toy to have, but I can't justify the expense.

Harbor Freight has a cute little mini-mill I've been considering.
It's probably the same as the one Grizzly has:
<http://www.grizzly.com/products/G9959>. It's pretty small, but
considering that I'm just tinkering and mostly making small toys for
kids, it might be good enough for me.

Sk

Steve knight

in reply to "gilles" on 12/02/2007 9:12 PM

16/02/2007 9:06 AM

On 14 Feb 2007 11:25:52 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>ayup. I have a mill-drill as my main drilling machine in the shop. a
>rotary table is on the list of things I want to find at a yard sale
>someday....
>
>the big disadvantage of a mill for woodworking seems to be slow
>spindle speeds.

a rotary table is a pain to setup (G) what a hassle to get it right.
speed is not a big issue use a hss endmill and just be careful when
you exit the side grain that's when you can get blowout. other then
that it is not a problem. I don't usually change speed anymore if I am
not exiting side grain.

Sk

Steve knight

in reply to "gilles" on 12/02/2007 9:12 PM

17/02/2007 11:16 AM



>Tip: If your setup allows you to plunge to cutting depth at the exit
>point, doing so before making the cut that's producing tearout will
>usually eliminate the tearout problem.
>
>Corollary: If you have tearout at the beginning of a cut, try plunging
>to your cutting depth with the center of the bit at the edge of the
>stock.

good idea. also using a rougher helps out too.


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