looking for a small 45 degree face mill

[Ebel440]

I use a valenite 3 insert 45degree cutter sometimes has a 750 shank and about 1.3 dia at the tips. It takes square inserts. I've seen them on ebay pretty cheap like 20$ for a used one.

 

[Dan_S]

I use a valenite 3 insert 45degree cutter sometimes has a 750 shank and about 1.3 dia at the tips. It takes square inserts. I've seen them on ebay pretty cheap like 20$ for a used one.

I've seen those before but they are hard to find as they are almost 10 years old.

check out this old catalog page,
http://www.discount-tools.com/catalogs/gen/283.pdf


I 'd be super happy to find a "VSRDA 4 R 1500 R8 03" and a "VSRDA 4 R 2500 R8 05" as they are exactly what I'm looking for.

 

[mgalusha]

I recently bought a 2.5" 5 insert facemill from latheinserts.com. It's made by ZCC and am really happy with test results so far. No idea if it's better or worse than others but the fit and finish is first rate, no vibration that I can detect when spinning when not cutting.

 

[Dan_S]

I recently bought a 2.5" 5 insert facemill from latheinserts.com. It's made by ZCC and am really happy with test results so far.

That's a shell a shell mill style isn't it?

 

[mgalusha]

Yes but the inserts are at 45 degrees, so I figured that qualified for the thread. They sell them in 2, 2.5 and 3 inch sizes, I picked the middle as that seems to be my nature.

 

[Dan_S]

Yes but the inserts are at 45 degrees, so I figured that qualified for the thread. They sell them in 2, 2.5 and 3 inch sizes, I picked the middle as that seems to be my nature.

I've heard good things about them, just the other day this video review showed up on my YouTube feed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXUrYZfRFUw

My only concern is how the extra projection from the spindle will effect the rigidity of my benchtop machine.


I'd even consider a shear hog, if the inserts didn't cost so much.

 

[retmac]

At the last place I worked at before I retired after 45 yrs. in the trade we used a facing mill that used round inserts with a built in rake it had a sharp cutting edge. It was the quietest smoothest best finish mill I had ever used.

 

[MarioM]

Dan_S,

Did you make a decision? I am in the same quest as you are. Got a new mill recently PM932 and never had indexing end mills but would like to buy a couple. No experience at all with carbide inserts.

 

[Dan_S]

Dan_S,

Did you make a decision? I am in the same quest as you are. Got a new mill recently PM932 and never had indexing end mills but would like to buy a couple. No experience at all with carbide inserts.

I haven't order it yet, but I'm going to go with the 1.5" shars model, as it's the only one that meets my requirements. Everything else is either bigger, uses inserts that require a more powerful machine or has a weldon shank to large for an R8 collet.