On May 14, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Martin Dobbins wrote: > Hi Michael, > > The Sherline flycutter has a # 1 morse taper mount to fit right in > the headstock which is probably the best solution on a small machine > for rigidity. I wonder if the shanks of the sets you see online are > hardened? If not you could machine them down to a more manageable > size, or if you're feeeling adventurous machine a #1 morse taper > into the half inch shank. >
Hmm.. Interesting possibility of machining them down or a morse taper on the shank. I don't have a lathe.. but have a friend that has a couple. > Martin > > --- On Thu, 5/14/09, Michael Jones wrote: > > I have a small D&M4s (basically a Sherline 5000 series in an > enclosure) and need a decent flycutter or flycutter set. I can > purchase a single flycutter from Sherline for $35.. but that seems > expensive when I can buy a full flycutter set online for $15-$20. > > The problem with the flycutter's I've found is the shank size. > Almost all of them are 1/2" shank. The largest shank I can currently > use is 5/16. I could get a holder for 3/8.. I don't know if I can or > should go all the way up to 1/2 though. > > Any recommendations on where I can find such an animal? > > - Michael > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! > Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but > thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW > KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! > Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but > thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW > KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
