Another (Yuck) Shear Hog Thread With a Side of Pull Out
I discovered that I can't really run a 1/2 end mills in my 1100 for what I hoped to which was bulk material removal, well not without a lot of tweaking and adjusting. I want to stay with factory setup atleast until the warranty is expired. After that I may go with a servo or air hydraulic tightened draw bar., and move the Tormach PDB over to a smaller machine. I may be wrong but I have jobs to cut so I'm leaving out the 1/2 end mills for now. Atleast those with the 40+ degree helixes for aluminum. The 3/8 does a fair job and so far has not resulted in any measurable pull out even under decent cutting loads. It just doesn't remove material as fast as I would like.
Tormach offers the AB Tool Shear Hog (or a variant of it) and some of sponsored or long time fan video channels really promote it. I just wonder if it might also experience pull out under near maximum cutting loads and maximum material removal strategies.
Who has a) experienced tool pullout with other tool & b) tried to push a Shear Hog? How did it work out.
Bob La Londe
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