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Well the Craigslist Gods bestowed upon me this HF 33686 column mill - my first. I had used a huge Bridgeport in my youth working summers in my dad's factory so I have some experience. Came with a bunch of R8 collets, a bunch of tooling that is barely used, a so-so vise, and some other miscellaneous tooling. I have read all about the issues with Z axis control with these column mills but this is a lot more mill than I could fit into my shop space any other way.
I was wondering if moving to the use of ER32 collets instead of the R8 collets would be a good idea or not. The way I see it the process of changing these out may be simpler than dealing with the drawbar every time. Of course, my inexperience here leaves me without much to go on. Does anyone have any experience along these lines?
Also, does anyone have any advice on a not too spendy DRO for a mill of this class?
Thanks in advance
Tom
I was wondering if moving to the use of ER32 collets instead of the R8 collets would be a good idea or not. The way I see it the process of changing these out may be simpler than dealing with the drawbar every time. Of course, my inexperience here leaves me without much to go on. Does anyone have any experience along these lines?
Also, does anyone have any advice on a not too spendy DRO for a mill of this class?
Thanks in advance
Tom