chadkan1971
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I am looking for a mill that is set up to cut out v grooves or at least parts such as a 24 point indexer and chucks and i can buy a new mill.
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here's one that works great.http://www.grizzly.com/products/g1007
I'll second that.
It's not over-kill on the machine or investment.
There's a lot of things that you can do with this mill and it can easily become one of the main work-horses in your shop.
Depending on how involved you get, you may end-up with a few of these. Pipe dreams are kool.
It's not over-kill on the machine or investment.
There's a lot of things that you can do with this mill and it can easily become one of the main work-horses in your shop.
Depending on how involved you get, you may end-up with a few of these. Pipe dreams are kool.
I agree. I would like to have two or maybe one and a larger one. Keep one set up for cue work and a larger one for making tools, jigs and other stuff saving mucho money from normal purchases. There's very little that can't be built with the use of a mill and a full size lathe. I've been building most of my jigs and equipment using surplus aluminum bars, plates, sheeting and other objects that I get for a 1.00 a pound from a exotic metals surplus dealer for years. I would much rather think up a design for a tool or jig and build it than building a cue.
Dick
I have been looking at a couple too with that being one of them they have a new one out
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Drill-Mill-with-Stand/G0704 with a power feed does this look good enough
http://www.grizzly.com/products/Drill-Mill-with-Stand/G0704 with a power feed does this look good enough
IMO, A dovetail column mill will hold it's position better then a round column will when raising the mill head up and down.
If you need to swing the mill head to the left or right, then the round column may be right for you.
I've never made any cue before, so I'm not sure which would be right for you.
If you need to swing the mill head to the left or right, then the round column may be right for you.
I've never made any cue before, so I'm not sure which would be right for you.
No hands on experience, but I've done a lot of reading about them and other benchtop mills at www.cnczone.com
The Taig mill is another favorite.
It depends on what you want the mill to do.
The Sherline & the Taig are nice little mills but I wouldn't want to load the table with an index fixture and tail-stock and expect to cut points.
IMO, that's too much weight for the table and it's lead screws.
The table itself isn't long enough, nor does it have adequate travel for cutting points, which I believe is what the OP's interest is.
There are countless threads on this topic in the data-base, with pics.
I might suggest that you study these posts to determine why these builders have chosen the machine they have.
If you're looking for a mill to cut points, there are several considerations, such as : spindle speed, table size, table travel (both X & Y), swing, etc.
'Swing' is importatnt in that all of your fixturing is behind the spindle, btwn the spindle and the column. Do your homework.
A used BridgePort can be had for about the same cost as some of these new smaller machines. Some might consider that to be over-kill. I tend to look at it as being less limiting. The Taig & Sherline might make great machines for dedicated billet-slotters but are rather limited when it comes to cutting points. Again, what do you want the machine to do?
I think you might be able to get away with cutting points on the larger Taig. I think it has a 12" travel. I know there are many who put a fixture on it and cut pretty good inlays as well. I don't think a guy could do much with the Sherline though.
Shop around, new they seem to vary a great deal in price. Before I bought my RF-25 (a standard small round column mill) I found prices from $999 (at a local now-defunct House of Tools) up to about $1500. Same goes for spin-indexers. You should be able to find one new for about $40.
Dave
Dave