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  1. little ol' e

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

    My apologies as well. I'm not an experience online forum guy myself to notice these things. Heck, I have a hard time finding posts that I already posted in after a few days lol. That tooling would be great for an older manual horizontal mill.
  2. little ol' e

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

    @60 rpm and .2 IPM... with coolant! Although, even at that point, 1 would need a helmet and good chest protection!
  3. little ol' e

    Tool Face Mill recommendations please

    As convenient as it will seem, I wouldn't recommend mounting anything indexable in a collet. Depending on what you are machining... Have you looking into a feed mill type with say 3 or 4 inserts? That's a number of inserts lol, how much HP does your mill have.
  4. little ol' e

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

    Good equipment for those that have surpassed the hobby aspect of machining IMO. Looks to me like the tooling would not be of much use for the entry level machinist, nor the average hobby machinist. It would take several years of experience in order to use what I see on the tooling side of...
  5. little ol' e

    Getting near the limits?

    The chip color and formation will tell you what the cutter is asking for, prior to wear and breakage. ( This is better than any calculated speed and feed chart, well, unless you find an old machinist handbook 25th addition or older ) A new HSS endmill will want less RPM with a little more feed...
  6. little ol' e

    Getting near the limits?

    X2 here
  7. little ol' e

    Made in Taiwan vs Made in China

    Tiawan would be my first choice. Loads of good equipment has come from Tiawan for years and years. Don't discount Mexico thou, they will be coming on strong after GI Joe moves from the White Building. China will sizzle out in the coming years. Global carbon footprint will snuff them out of...
  8. little ol' e

    Balloon in the sky with diamonds ?

    Elon's Drone testing. I don't think we need to worry just yet haha. They like to call them UFO's to keep us on the edge of our seats..
  9. little ol' e

    HAAS CNC manual milling (fly by wire milling)

    You considering a good size Haas CNC mill @Janger ?
  10. little ol' e

    Steven sucks at drilling holes- speed of drill press

    Depending on the drill used and sharpness. I find the formula... 4 / diameter X 60 will get you close to drilling in all mild steels. In PH materials and tool steels, multiply by 40 with an arm-strong push of 3" per minute. Hope this helps a little.
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