Subject: Boring, Lathe or Mill?
From: "larry g"
Date: 04/09/03 01:02 GMT Daylight Time
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I have an upcoming need to bore a 1.125" hole in a 2x2x3" brass block. I
have a Logan 10" lathe and a small Index mill with power feed on the quill.
My question is which machine would I expect to do the job with greatest
accuracy? I have a Criterion type boring head for the mill and proper
boring tools for the lathe. TIA
lg
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There's a simple rule. Given the choice you always do one off work on the
machine that has adjustment built in to the machine and not the cutting tool.
So boring is a lathe job not a milling job.


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