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I can’t stand it! I've been bitten by the bug, and I have to get a mill. I don’t want to spend $N$ on it, and considering there is a HF store nearby, I’ll most likely go with the HF mini. I want to be able to cut channels, drill and maybe make small gears. I’m not in a hurry and don’t mind small cuts to get the job done.
I know nothing about mills, and I notice the HF does not include any tooling.
I have really super basic questions like; do you use a regular drill chuck for drilling? I guess for making channels an end mill is used. Collets? What size? Really noob stuff.
When I get the thing home, I want to be able to cut channels and drill to start out, and not immediately have to make another hour round trip to HF.
Considering what I want to do, any advice on tooling to get started would be really appreciated, or just about any getting started advice for that matter for that matter would be very helpful.
Thanks!
I know nothing about mills, and I notice the HF does not include any tooling.
I have really super basic questions like; do you use a regular drill chuck for drilling? I guess for making channels an end mill is used. Collets? What size? Really noob stuff.
When I get the thing home, I want to be able to cut channels and drill to start out, and not immediately have to make another hour round trip to HF.
Considering what I want to do, any advice on tooling to get started would be really appreciated, or just about any getting started advice for that matter for that matter would be very helpful.
Thanks!