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I am looking to purchase some tooling for my XLO mill. It's a 604 and 2.5 HP. Much bigger than the standard Bridgeport. R8 collet design. I am looking on fee-bay for shell mills and of course they have anything and everything from small to 6 inch plus. I know there is some limitation due to the R-8 collet but I don't know what diameter is the MAX I should be looking at. Also, there are numerous arbors available in R-8 but some are listed with inch dimensions and others seem to have some "number size" similar to Morse Taper tooling. Is there a chart some where that will spell out the sizing or is some decryption of the other numbering of the arbor to decipher that will tell me what I need to know? I am of course a hobbyist and not flush with a tooling budget that can afford to be buying stuff to sit and need to buy other stuff to complete the arbor, shell mill, carbide combination that I need to be effective and not overload my machine.
Thanks in advance.
K4
Thanks in advance.
K4