Originally Posted by Matt McColley  As much as I'd like ot set up with the Tormach system right out of the gate, this project is breaking the bank so fast for me that I simply decided to get a $35 R8 collet set from Enco.
I'll take the money I save and get the 2.5" R8 boring bar set from Grizzly and their cheap fly cutter set. As I figure that these tools will be used less frequently and I won't miss not having them set up for quick change.
That should get me by for some time. |
I am leaning toward this route too, buying only certain shank sizes of tooling. I will switch to ER-XX later if the need arises. At which point I plan to only buy the ER collets I really need.
Or, does everyone think I'll need to move to ER-XX anyway, and might as well do it now rather than spending money on two sets of tooling families?