At the recent Taunton show I was forced (at the price I just could not leave it there) to buy a fair sized 60deg dovetail cutter. Problem is that I guessed incorrectly as it turns out that I could use it in the Bridgeport.
It is a threaded cutter but the shank is an inch (25.4mm in funny money) in diameter. Can the panel suggest ways that I might be able to use this in my R8 spindle Bridgeport. The largest collet I have is a
20mm and this cutter appears "hard" so reducing the shank diameter with my tooling would appear a no, no. I thought about getting a "soft" R8 adaptor and boring it out to shrink fit the cutter in but I'm not sure if the blanks have sufficent diameter for that.Any help, (other than send it to me), much appreciated before I consign it to the "useful one day" box where it will be lost forever.
Best regards
Keith