What would you say would be a goot set of endmills to play with, with a 1 HP bridgeport. I am not thinking of buying new, I would like to just buy a "lof of 3 lbs of endmills", or some such, but I want to know what size or shape is desirable.
I have a few endmills that are on the smaller side, say 3/8 and below.
I'd also get 2 flute ones for softer materials that take larger chips.
Depends on what you cut - leaded steel, Al, bronze, wax or whatever.
Martin
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What I did was buy one of those sets of Chinese endmills & slotdrills, in different sizes. Yes, we all know about Chinese tools, but this is "to play with", presumably for the learning. Time to get something better when we've played a little, first.
Wes, what do you think about those carbide endmills. They seem to be a better deal since they wear much more slowly, so they would keep to good tolerance, etc for longer, even though they are more expensive. Would you say that it is true?
I am tending to do, as another poster suggested, to just get one nice carbide endmill.
FWIW -- the more wear resistant the tool generally the more brittle the tool and the easier it will break. Until you start wearing your endmills out, you will save money by buying M2 rather than cobalt, carbide, etc.
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