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  1. Stellrammer

    Shop Old school stuff

    Trusty reference tool ,or just to confuse your customers who likely do not know what a slide rule is.
  2. Stellrammer

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    Yep, I recall a shop with at least 20 knee mills , standardized R8 tooling, 2.5 inch two flute using TCMT .5” 90 degrees, the day of reckoning came about 5 years later when most spindles were no longer capable of producing finishes acceptable to standard, or even functioning in some cases. They...
  3. Stellrammer

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    Can’t beat the price, I would be too impatient to wait until April to get it. Choose the SEKT inserts not the SEHT unless you are doing aluminum or copper only. Ten inserts is about twice the price of the cutter body. You will find the SE inserts are very free cutting with that huge rake. When...
  4. Stellrammer

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    I agree, sometimes the right tool for the right job is just that. I will always use an indexable if I can simply because I don’t want to hang around all day making chips slowly. Inserts are cheap and easily indexed, and I would rather wear out a $7 insert over an $80 carbide endmill, especially...
  5. Stellrammer

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    Cheers, after 40 years, and working in hundreds of shops from Mom and Pop to Boeing I’ve seen a lot of bright people doing amazing things and learning from them everyday, and having the privilege of working with some of the best in the world when it comes to development of and applying cutting...
  6. Stellrammer

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    I think on such a machine as you have, the hp exceeds the machines stability to be used to its fullest extent. The reality is a 2 inch face mill with multiple inserts wouldn’t be any more advantageous than an old school fly cutter. Can it function, yes, but nowhere near its potential if you are...
  7. Stellrammer

    Shop Be fire safe folks!

    I set my lathe on fire by leaving magnesium chips in the bed, doing hard turning with ceramics. I have extinguisher s as well as a bucket of sand for just such occasions.
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