Any good suggestions for storage of horizontal mill cutters?
 

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:41:49 -0500, rwwink wrote:

As stupid as I might be, why couldn't you cut plywood to make the
drawers resemble a drill index box?
Cut Plwood to span the drawer inside, attach a top and bottom cross
bar, drill holes in the top bar and use a wood bolt through the sides
of the draws to allow the trays to fold on top of one another. Spaced
correctly, the mills would never tough one another and long mills
would still fit in the short drawers.
R. Wink


Hey R. Wink,

Not a bad idea! ! Good for end mills and such. On the other hand,
the OP (Gunner) wants to store horizontal milling cutters, no doubt
ranging from 2 or 3" to 8 or 10" in diameter, and a wide range of
"widths", so the index isn't well suited to that.

Good thought though,

Take care,.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

Any good suggestions for storage of horizontal mill cutters?
 

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:54:43 -0400, Brian Lawson
wrote:


On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:41:49 -0500, rwwink wrote:

As stupid as I might be, why couldn't you cut plywood to make the
drawers resemble a drill index box?
Cut Plwood to span the drawer inside, attach a top and bottom cross
bar, drill holes in the top bar and use a wood bolt through the sides
of the draws to allow the trays to fold on top of one another. Spaced
correctly, the mills would never tough one another and long mills
would still fit in the short drawers.
R. Wink


Hey R. Wink,

Not a bad idea! ! Good for end mills and such. On the other hand,
the OP (Gunner) wants to store horizontal milling cutters, no doubt
ranging from 2 or 3" to 8 or 10" in diameter, and a wide range of
"widths", so the index isn't well suited to that.

Good thought though,

Take care,.

Brian Lawson,
Bothwell, Ontario.

Indeed. Good idea and something I may build for endmills. The Abene has
a 4hp spindle and can and does turn a 2" endmill quite well, with its
1300 rpm max speed, but does go down to 17rmp nicely.

Gunner



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