Recommended Tools and Machinery for Your Team's Machine Shop

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29-04-2010, 00:19

Jamie Kalb Jamie Kalb is offline

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Re: $1500.00 Machine shop

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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo

It is easier to get past a milling problem than a turning one. And, in a pinch, a solid drill press and X Y vise will allow for light milling (but not as a steady diet).

Okay, I've been wondering about this for a while: Is there any reason not to chuck endmills in a drill press with an X-Y vise and use it as a mill?

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