New Mill - Help with tooling

[RoboChair]

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

I have found a drill chuck with a straight 1/2" taper. Could I just put that in a collet for drilling?

That will work fine. My preference is a chuck with a matching end, but straight in a collet will work just fine.

[matthewdenny]

Sorry for all the questions, you all have been great. But I have one more (for the moment).

So I can't find a face mill that will fit our mill taper. Can I get a face cutter that mounts to an arbor with a straight shaft and put it in a collet?

[asid61]

Originally Posted by matthewdenny

Sorry for all the questions, you all have been great. But I have one more (for the moment).

So I can't find a face mill that will fit our mill taper. Can I get a face cutter that mounts to an arbor with a straight shaft and put it in a collet?

You can do that, but it might be easier to find a face mill arbor and face mill separately. If you can't, then collet is fine as long as you don't take huge heavy cuts.

[matthewdenny]

I was looking at facemill arbors, but couldn't find any with a B&S #9 taper. Or am I thinking about this the wrong way?

[sanddrag]

First of all, have you actually verified that is the taper of this mill? From what I've read, it was available with a variety of spindle tapers.

[matthewdenny]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

First of all, have you actually verified that is the taper of this mill? From what I've read, it was available with a variety of spindle tapers.

No I haven't had the opportunity to yet. The B&S 9 seems the most common from what I've read. And with the short window between getting the mill and having to order tooling, thats what I'm spending my effort preparing for. The other options seem much more common, and if it would be fortunately one of these, I think i could find parts in a day or two.