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Mill Tooling
Tool Holding
- Spindle taper is Morse Taper 2 (MT2).
- 2 Drawbars, 3/8-16 Imperial, and M10x1.5 Metric
- Collets: 1/8“, 3/16”, 1/4“, 3/8”, 7/16“, and 1/2” (collets use 3/8-16 imperial drawbar)
- Spring-loaded Tap Follower
- 1/2“ Shank, can be used in drill chuck or 1/2” collet
- Tip can be swapped end-for-end, point or cup
- Set Screw in back end for tension adjustment/tip swapping
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
- Indicol-style holder
- Uses a DTI
- Clamps to the spindle nose
- Can be used with tools installed.
- Edge finder
- Can be used in a drill chuck, or a 3/8” collet
- 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
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