Re: Method for aligning mill

2024-06-09 Thread Tim Ziegler
Awesome. Good stuff. On Sun, Jun 9, 2024, 7:35 AM 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills < legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Good morning. > > ONE more note of milling slots and mortices. > > I like to use 1/2" endmills for these type of jobs. You will find the > endmills (m

Re: Method for aligning mill

2024-06-09 Thread 'Curt George' via Legacy Ornamental Mills
Good morning. ONE more note of milling slots and mortices. I like to use 1/2" endmills for these type of jobs.  You will find the endmills (made for mills made for steel/metal removal. ) I have a few that are 6" and 8" long, vs the wood router bits which are normally 3"-4" long.When buying endm

Re: Method for aligning mill

2024-06-09 Thread Markus Visnotius
Thanks all. Square stock. Embarassingly, I hadn't considered putting it between centers. Have a plywood "top" with soon to be cut dog holes that sits on the inner aluminum extrusions. I figured I should be sure the dog holes are parallel and perpendicular to the carriage path and that got me lo