All,
I recently purchased a South Bend Mill, but it has no tooling. I know #30 taper (BT or NMTB) will work; just need to mill the pockets for the set screws. I have seen the YouTube video from Somers Metal Works and others, but they don't have the details dimensions of the pocket. I don't have any tooling to copy to measure and am hoping someone with this machine can help out with it.
I recently purchased a South Bend Mill, but it has no tooling. I know #30 taper (BT or NMTB) will work; just need to mill the pockets for the set screws. I have seen the YouTube video from Somers Metal Works and others, but they don't have the details dimensions of the pocket. I don't have any tooling to copy to measure and am hoping someone with this machine can help out with it.
- What is the distance from the shoulder to the tangent on the face to the top of the pocket (the orange dimension)?
- What is the depth of the pocket? (violet)
- What is the diameter of the pocket, or better, the diameter of the cutter? (I believe it is 7/16") (green)