Originally Posted by maxine  .....I will hold off on buying the face mill for now. I think I know where I can borrow one that size for an afternoon just to see how well my machine handles it. Maybe I will discover that an indexable 1 1/2" or 2" end mill would be better? Since I am just learning the machine I haven't taken any heavy cuts yet so I have no feel at all for how much load it can handle. ..... |
The pictures I posted in the thread I referred you to were showing the results with a 1-1/2" diameter Iscar face mill with 4 inserts.
For your experimenting to find the capabilities of your machine I suggest you go to Setting 84 TOOL OVERLOAD ACTION and set it on AUTOFEED then under CURRENT COMMANDS find the page that has the Tool Load settings and make the Tool Load Limit 120%. This way if you get carried away the machine will back off the feed when the spindle load gets over 120%. You can still stall the spindle but at the same time the feed goes to zero so there is not much chance of causing damage.