[Chris D]

I was just in visiting with a customer that has 4 new HAAS machines, 2 lathes, 2 mills. The lathe has live tooling and a C axis, the live tooling uses an optioned up motor to 7.5 HP.

These questions pertain to live tooling.....

Can someone tell me their experiences with drilling (along the Z axis, good bad etc.) ?

What size HSS drills have you used in mild steel?

What about the largest taps you have used reliably?

Thanks