Newbie- Quality difference between different X2's

[pzzamakr1980]

Get r8, there is simply more stuff available for that taper. Including quick change tooling. With an x2, you are simply not going to be applying enough pressure to see any difference in clamping forces between them. Also, for cheap decent tools, 800watt on ebay sells a ton of items with r8 taper and they work pretty darn good. Also, if at some point you plan to purchase a larger mill, most larger mills are all r8, not mt. If you would like to make a good investment in tooling, I bought a Tormach tool set which works awesome for cnc as the tool height is always the same. Also, Hossmachine.com has something very similar to Tormach that he made for himself cheap.

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Originally Posted by pzzamakr1980 Get r8, there is simply more stuff available for that taper. Including quick change tooling. With an x2, you are simply not going to be applying enough pressure to see any difference in clamping forces between them. Also, for cheap decent tools, 800watt on ebay sells a ton of items with r8 taper and they work pretty darn good. Also, if at some point you plan to purchase a larger mill, most larger mills are all r8, not mt. If you would like to make a good investment in tooling, I bought a Tormach tool set which works awesome for cnc as the tool height is always the same. Also, Hossmachine.com has something very similar to Tormach that he made for himself cheap.

I have a quick change system that works on both my MT-2 and upcoming R8 spindles, and Tormach's system supports both MT3 and R8, so IMHO it doesn't make much difference either way.

[pzzamakr1980]

Oh, I must have missed the mt notice on Tormach's site. My bad. Still, Odoyle rules. Umm, R8 rules