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Good morning all:
I have been chambering and fitting barrels for the past few years exclusively for myself for F-T/R competition rifles. I had no prior machine shop experience but I was lucky to find a mentor who taught me how to run a lathe for barrel making.
Like so many here, I am a meticulous guy with a long history of mechanical endeavors from building models as a kid, to R/C planes and helicopters, rebuilding auto engines and transmissions & etc. In short, a lot of measurement, tool usage and a good mix of precision and non precision requirements.
The first project I want to accomplish with the mill is rifle stock inletting. I have searched but not found what I am looking for. Is there a guide that lays out -- maybe not specifically -- how a mill holds different tools like end mills, router bits & etc? As with he lathe, I imagine, necessity will make me seek out existing solutions to the jobs at hand--just need a starting point. I have an idea of some of the bits I'll need like compression bits and core box cutter bits but little idea about how those are held by the mill.
Thank you for your help,
Hank
I have been chambering and fitting barrels for the past few years exclusively for myself for F-T/R competition rifles. I had no prior machine shop experience but I was lucky to find a mentor who taught me how to run a lathe for barrel making.
Like so many here, I am a meticulous guy with a long history of mechanical endeavors from building models as a kid, to R/C planes and helicopters, rebuilding auto engines and transmissions & etc. In short, a lot of measurement, tool usage and a good mix of precision and non precision requirements.
The first project I want to accomplish with the mill is rifle stock inletting. I have searched but not found what I am looking for. Is there a guide that lays out -- maybe not specifically -- how a mill holds different tools like end mills, router bits & etc? As with he lathe, I imagine, necessity will make me seek out existing solutions to the jobs at hand--just need a starting point. I have an idea of some of the bits I'll need like compression bits and core box cutter bits but little idea about how those are held by the mill.
Thank you for your help,
Hank