At 11:13 AM 12/2/2002 -0500, you wrote:
Ah tooling.

    For the lathe,
- Quick change tool holder. Get the boring bar holder and cut off holder
as well as the rest.
The lathe came with a four-position tool holder, but it doesn't look appropriate for holding boring bars, and only a fairly small cutoff tool holder can be used. I may need to replace the entire tool holder.

- live centers, one small with extra long nose. One fat extra strong.
Bull center for turning pipe.
A combination live center and a 1/2" tailstock chuck were my first two purchases.


- Morse taper drills for all over 1/2"
Yes.


- Collet chuck and set of collets.
I never really understood the big deal about collets. I guess I don't do enough work on small, fixed diameter stock. On the rare occasion that I need something small spinning really really true, I just take the time with the 4-jaw chuck.

    For the Mill,
High helix serrated carbide end mills. They remove aluminum faster than
is really decent!
I ordered a set of helix carbide end mills, but they aren't serrated. I am hoping that I can do decent aluminum work without coolant, just to keep the mess down.

John Carmack

_______________________________________________
ERPS-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://lists.erps.org/mailman/listinfo/erps-list

Reply via email to