CNC Tooling

[MichaelBick]

For workholding we are thinking of getting 2 Kurt 3600V vises. Because the table on the TM-2P is so big I'm not sure if it would be beneficial to get 3 vises. I've heard good things about glacern too so we are still deciding between the twoo. Workholding seems like it is a very good area to invest in.

For CAM I've heard good things about mastercam from the CD community but our haas rep recommended gibbscam. I'm still not quite sure which one to get.

I found these drill bits on mcmaster: http://www.mcmaster.com/high-speed s...gth drill bits. They say good for steel, cast iron, and plastic and they are 118*, but I assume they will be fine.

Are 90* spotting driil okay? I've heard that your spotting angle should be bigger than your drill bit angle.

For toolholding I want to get at least 4 1/4" EM holders and 4 1/2" EM holders. I'm still not sure if I want to get 1/8", 3/16", and 3/8" EM holders. I want 14-16 ER16 tool holders, 1 drill chuck, and 1-2 face mill arbors.