Forgive me for asking what may be a silly question. Should I use a 3/8" or 1/2" R8 collet to hold a router bit, and use my mini-mill to cut precisely located...
Don't know about low RPM - But I suggest you fashion a drape over your cross slide & around the column - under the wood workpiece - makes cleanup a lot easier...
How it works probably depends on the finish it leaves in the wood, may not be as clean as at router speeds, but it will cut. The size of collet depends on the...
it should do OK but the wood may splinter and tear a bit more at the lower RPM I've used regular end mills on wood a few times and some of the odd shaped...
Hi Doug: Since router bits usually come in 1/4 and 1/2 shanks I would suggest 1/2. Also, 1/2 inch bits suffer much less from deflection than 1/4. I MUCH prefer...
I'm have used the HF MicroMill to successfully cut male dovetails in 1/8 in brass and matching female dovetails in a steel sole for a woodworking plane. The...
I would do as much roughing out with regular end mills as possible before using the dovetail cutter. The DTC will dull much faster if used for cutting out all...
Thank you for the welcome; I was a tool and die maker for 35 years (retired now), and can shed some light on machining practices. Be glad to help if I can ...
Hi Folks, My Grizzly G8689 Mini-mill has finally arrived, and as promised here's my consumer evaluation report: The unit survived the long journey from the...
My Grizzly G8689 Mini-mill has finally arrived, and as promised here's my consumer evaluation report: The unit survived the long journey from the manufacturer...
It looks like Homier will be having a show in Big Bear CA (see http://www.bigbearbnb.com/events.html) Aug 11-12 and I'm going to try to pick up a mini-mill...
Richard-- I got my MiniMill at a Homier sale in Billings & carried it home in my Dodge short mini van with no trouble - didn't even have to move the middle...
I have a couple of the panels still from my Grizzly. 18"x28" As I recall, it was roughly equal on the 18" dimension. Should fit in your wagon, but you...
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Took a couple of metric wrenches to a show and uncrated it there, on site. They even scrapped the crate. BTW, brought it home in a VW Jetta so I think you'll...
Thanks to everyone for the information. Looks like I will be OK. I'll take some tools to take it out of the crate if needed, otherwise I'll load it up in my...
I'm canvassing for everyone's opinions on single-endmills. Who makes/distributes the best quality endmills for cutting aluminum and stainless? Any strong...
Cletus, In addition to Chris at LMS, Klaus Zietlow sells a very nice and reasonably priced 2 axis DRO display with great features. In particular it works well...
Littlemachineshop.com sells 2 and 4-flute end-mills with 3/8" shanks. I have the 4-flute mills and they work very well and are self sentering (plunge-cuts). I...
I consider Al & SS almost opposite ends of the spectrum. The cheapest HSS will cut Al, but I use indexable w/carbide inserts for SS. My cutoff point is cast...
I have a Grizzly mini mill that I converted to CNC some time back w/ belt driven spindle. The other day I had a need to machine some toolholders for my mini ...
... cheapest ... cuts to ... I know aluminum and stainless are at opposite ends of the machineability spectrum. I'm looking for people's experiences at what...
... This does not sound like any reported controller problem I've heard of. It may just be the first, but... I'd check the motor brushes first. This is just...
... Good idea, I'm going to give it a try. I meant 1/4" and 1/2" collets, not 3/8". Being a "more power" kind of guy I never use a 1/4" bit when I can get...
That sounds very much like motor brush wear. Check the brushes, blow out any dust from the brush holders, make sure the brushes are free to engage the...
Thanks everyone for the suggestions. Im glad that i decided to ask for some clarification on this one instead of doing what i usually do...go tearing into...
woohoo ! I finally finished writing the microcontroller software for my digital read out display. I never thought I would end up writing almost 2000 lines of...
Hi Bruno, have you seen my DRO-2 design? http://www.zietlowdesign.com/products/dro2/dro2_info.htm It has all the features you have implemented (and a few...
