[m_mcgranahan]

Hi,

So I needed a cheap face mill to bring 4" aluminum to size on my kmb-1. I bought a used 6" face mill. It came today and it weighs 15lbs! I am afraid that I could trash my mill with that thing. any thoughts? Any one else use a big face mill on the kmb-1?

COuld I get away with this if I am really careful?

Thanks

God bless...
Mark

[txcncman]

Problem is you may not have enough horsepower to drive it and will stall the spindle. You might be ok if you keep cuts at small depths. I would have just used a 2-1/2" face mill and made 2 passes.

[m_mcgranahan]

Problem is you may not have enough horsepower to drive it and will stall the spindle. You might be ok if you keep cuts at small depths. I would have just used a 2-1/2" face mill and made 2 passes.

Yeah that is sounding like a much better idea... I could see keeping under .050 and being able to drive it with the 5 hp spindle motor on the kmb1