Good morning. As this is only my 2nd post, it may be in the wrong section, but it applies to the machine I have (ENCO 110-1351).
I’m still waiting for some parts to arrive so I can get it up and running. So I spent all day Friday separating the tools I got into like areas. Single side mills, double ended mills, tooling, etc. I’m sure I’ll need to break them down farther in the future, but at least I’ve got a system.
My question is- what do you do when a tool breaks? Snap a flute? Broken carbide tip? Bent boring bar?
I know some pieces can be resharpened, but idk about mills. Before I landed the deal that filled my shop (and my dreams), I would just throw them away, as I had zero ability to fix it. Chunking a $20 bit sucks, but broken is broken.
What I found as I started separating the tooling, was a bunch of broken ends, but some were back in packaging. Wondering if they had a plan to fix em later, or maybe they were just hiding the broken pieces from management…
I’ll try to add some pics of some of the offending pieces later today. I’m behind the counter at my gun store today till 5, so it might be tomorrow.
Thanks for the help thus far!
I’m still waiting for some parts to arrive so I can get it up and running. So I spent all day Friday separating the tools I got into like areas. Single side mills, double ended mills, tooling, etc. I’m sure I’ll need to break them down farther in the future, but at least I’ve got a system.
My question is- what do you do when a tool breaks? Snap a flute? Broken carbide tip? Bent boring bar?
I know some pieces can be resharpened, but idk about mills. Before I landed the deal that filled my shop (and my dreams), I would just throw them away, as I had zero ability to fix it. Chunking a $20 bit sucks, but broken is broken.
What I found as I started separating the tooling, was a bunch of broken ends, but some were back in packaging. Wondering if they had a plan to fix em later, or maybe they were just hiding the broken pieces from management…
I’ll try to add some pics of some of the offending pieces later today. I’m behind the counter at my gun store today till 5, so it might be tomorrow.
Thanks for the help thus far!