KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Josh away @smokeywolf, no problem here. I always wanted a radius cutter but never got one. And you're right, with CNC you don't need one, just like you don't need a compound or a taper attachment. But in the pre-NC age those features or accessories were the only practical way for a machinist to generate balls and sockets and tapers and cones.
I do have experience with right angle heads for a vertical mill. The only problem we ran into was that the spindle speed range was too high for a lot of cutters, especially when cutting steel.. The speed range of most horizontal mills is much lower. But still handy to have, and since we mostly used it to cut aluminum and plastic it wasn't that big a deal.
I do have experience with right angle heads for a vertical mill. The only problem we ran into was that the spindle speed range was too high for a lot of cutters, especially when cutting steel.. The speed range of most horizontal mills is much lower. But still handy to have, and since we mostly used it to cut aluminum and plastic it wasn't that big a deal.