Reply To: Holding End Mill on small lathe

Reply To: Holding End Mill on small lathe

14 March 2020 at 19:20 #457221

Bob Brown 1

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Some mini lathes do not have a full depth morse taper in the headstock but if yours has I'd opt for a MT1 ER 25 as the range of collets is larger than ER 16. My Boxford has an ER40 on a back plate but it is a bigger lathe.

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