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--- mill_tooling [2025/10/20 09:39] – chris_santacroce
+++ mill_tooling [2025/10/24 18:56] (current) – samantha_sullivan
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-**Mill Tooling**
+======Mill Tooling======
- __Tool Holding__
+====Tool Holding====
   * Spindle taper is Morse Taper 2 (MT2).
-  * Collets: 1/8", ?, ?, ? (collets use 3/8-16 imperial drawbar(need to check sizes)
+  * 2 Drawbars, 3/8-16 Imperial, and M10x1.5 Metric
-  * Cutting Tools
+  * Collets: 1/8", 3/16", 1/4", 3/8", 7/16", and 1/2" (collets use 3/8-16 imperial drawbar)
-    * End Mills (in stock)
+  * Spring-loaded Tap Follower
-      * High Speed Steel (HSS)
+    * 1/2" Shank, can be used in drill chuck or 1/2" collet
-      * 4 Flute
+    * Tip can be swapped end-for-end, point or cup
-      * Center-cutting
+    * Set Screw in back end for tension adjustment/tip swapping
-    * Fly Cutter
-      * 1/2" shank (use 1/2" mt2 collet)
-      * Adjustable diameter: 2.5"-4" (63mm-100mm)
-      * Carbide insert (DCMT070204 for steel, DCGT070204 for aluminum & plastic)
-    * Boring Head
-      * 1/2" shank (use 1/2" MT2 collet)
-      * Adjustment screw dial is 0.002" diameter per division
-      * Uses 1/2" shank boring bars
-    * Drill Chuck
-      * MT2 shank (Use 3/8-16 imperial drawbar)
-__Work Holding__
+====Cutting Tools====
+  * End Mills (in stock)
+    * High Speed Steel (HSS)
+    * 4 Flute
+    * Center-cutting
+    * Sizes: 1/8" to 1/2" by 32nd's
+  * Fly Cutter
+    * 1/2" shank (use 1/2" mt2 collet)
+    * Adjustable diameter: 2.5"-4" (63mm-100mm)
+    * Carbide insert (DCMT070204 for steel, DCGT070204 for aluminum & plastic)
+  * Boring Head
+    * 1/2" shank (use 1/2" MT2 collet)
+    * Adjustment screw dial is 0.002" diameter per division
+    * Uses 1/2" shank boring bars
+  * Drill Chuck
+    * MT2 shank (Use 3/8-16 imperial drawbar)
+====Work Holding====
   * Mill Vise
     * 6" jaw width
     * 5.9" max opening
     * Vise stop mounted to back of fixed jaw (Stop rod assembly stored in toolbox)
+  * Parallels
+    * 6" wide, 1/8" thick
+    * Height range 1/2" to 1 5/8", in 1/8" increments
+  * Machinist Jacks
+    * Can be used with T-nuts, to secure to mill table
+    * Adjustment screws can be locked
+    * Interchangeable Heads Coming soon
-__Mill-Specific Indicating__
+====Mill-Specific Indicating====
   * Indicol-style holder
     * Uses a DTI
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     * Tip diameter is 0.200"
       * Remember to add 0.100" to your measurement, to account for the radius of the edge finder.
+====Hand Tools====
+  * Homunculus Wrench
+    * 3/4" box-end, 12-point
+      * Tighten/loosen mill vise
+      * Tighten/loosen Motor clamp nuts, for changing belt speeds
+    * 1 1/4" open-end
+      * Hex on top of spindle pulley, to prevent rotation while loosening/tightening drawbar
+      * Tighten machinist jacks to mill table (when used with T-nuts)
+  * Socket Hammer
+    * 3/4" Socket side
+      * Tighten/Loosen drawbar
+    * Brass Hammer side
+      * Tap drawbar to release tooling.
+  * 3/16" Hex Key
+    * Adjusting Boring Head
+    * Tighten/loosen boring bar clamp screws in Boring Head
+    * Adjusting Vise Stop
+    * Tighten/Loosen clamp bolts on Machinist Jacks
+    * Tap Follower tension adjustment/tip swapping
+  * 3/32" Hex Key
+    * Tighten/loosen clamp screws in Fly Cutter
+    * Adjust/lock Boring Head gib
+  * Machinist Hammer
+    * Soft Faces
+      * Brass
+      * Delrin
+    * For seating workpiece against parallels in vise
+    * Also for general adjustment tappy-tap-tapping