face mill

I'm looking for a decent face mill 2" and 3"+ . Need the R8 shanks and holders too, or integrated. Not many of them have good reviews from Shars, BHS, Grizzly. I'm Looking for budget stuff that's semi decent, I dont want to wreck a high end tool while learning but I don't want to waste money on...

I am a new machinist and only have a light machine that is not too rigid. I recently read that when you use carbide, it did not like interrupted cutting as the continuous beating of re-entering the work piece would cause it to fracture. I noticed that most of the face mills have carbide...