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I am new to milling. I've got a used Bridgeport series 1 and I have a TMX ER-32 R8 SHANK collet chuck installed in it. I want to use a 1/2" mill cutter so I purchased a TECHNIKS ER32 1/2IN collet. When I install the 1/2" mill in the collet in the TMX chuck, the chuck is tight after 1/2 a...

I did this project a few months back, I wanted to see if I could hold a square pen blank in an ER32 collet on my cheap HF lathe. So, starting with this: I converted the center hole into a square and 3d printed this design: And got this result before removing printing supports: And after...

Hi there, I just want to share my biggest machinist success. Finally I managed to finish my adapter from Van Norman taper to MT2, after countless evenings of frustration and small progress. I got 0.02mm of runout on the tool, it's not that bad considering I have used almost exclusively Amazon...