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Bernie, I had the same reservations as you with regard to a tanged arbor staying in the spindle.
On my B&S 10 the facemill arbor I got was tanged and I was assured that it'd be just fine in my mill.
They were right.
I run a three inch facemill on it and there has been no problem with it slipping or falling out.
While I prefer a drawbar, if the tooling I get has a tanged arbor I no longer sweat it.
I'm not sure how easy a drill and tap it would be either.
Thanks Ken!
The Tang'd arbor discussion started on my tool request thread, so I lost track! Hah
I GREATLY appreciate your experience here. The only reason I was concerned was that the tool I am buying is a large boring and facing tool, which could potentially reach 5 or 6 inches off center, if I wanted. Pretty cool one at that, so even outside of safety, I don't want this thing dropping out!
How hard do you pull your tools in anyway? I guess I won't have to draw them in too hard with the shallow taper we are talking about ..
Bernie