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  1. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    The flight is all part of the fun when dialing things in. I've been strapping myself into an Olds for many years. The past few years not so much, it certainly does get expensive. Nice ride!
  2. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    @slow-poke , what I would like to know is... what rear gear you have stuffed in the back of your mustang profile pic haha.
  3. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    Yep, guy out of Cambridge is one of the best in the business today.
  4. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    I like your way of thinking, your posts are much better than mine lol, very detailed and informative!! That will certainly help some guys here without a doubt. I've seen beaten spindle tapers as well, even on a used and abused Fortworth that was at auction years ago. Some unlucky sole ended up...
  5. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    IMHO, don't throw your money away on the 90 deg style, 45 is the way to go on your mill for facing. Dial in your speeds, feeds and DOC for what you have and you will be happy you did vs the 90 deg. On a side note, If you plan to machine with greater depths than most here do then, Even though...
  6. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    Ahhh, its just your eyebrow fur heading down below your glasses. ;) A good budget pair of Aliexpress scissors should take care of that.
  7. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    My guess would be PH- H13 material
  8. little ol' e

    Craftec Lathe And Milling Machine And Accessories C$10,000

    For sure,,, Coming from the scraper gallery! Enjoy it. You should start your very own Old School Tooling and scraping gallery forum pushing your 90 deg inserts .
  9. little ol' e

    Craftec Lathe And Milling Machine And Accessories C$10,000

    Do you recall how much grinding we had to do back in the day when using those extra long HSS endmills ? Even the 1" would leave us with a decent amount of wall taper. When newly sharpened, Ohhh, they were a bugger to calm down and settle in, until a bit of wear was established. Then the silver...
  10. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    If you find a high (feed mill) at a reasonable price on Aliexpress, 3/4 and up diameters. I'm sure you would like the performance it gives you. From my experience, the guys with small bench top mills would really have an advantage here vs the button cutter style along with the 90 deg. On a...
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