I have my Van Norman #12 safely in my garage. I was going through the
tooling that came with it and have some basic questions concerning the 5V
collets and B&S taper adapters. From previous rec discussions I'm under the
impression that most collets are for workholding purposes, and that end mill
holders are ideal for driving end mills. I don't see any end mill holders in
my tooling set or even on ebay, and it seems that workholding on a mill
would be limited to special operations, such as using the mill as a lathe.
Are collets typically used for end mills on these machines? I do have some
B&S #7 stuff, but it is obviously not as readily available as straight end
mills. Thanks.