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30th August 2010, 10:37 AM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Face Mill V End Mill
I have noted that Shell End Mills and Face mills look the same ...well at least they do to me...
What is the difference ...can any one explain?
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30th August 2010, 01:57 PM #2
A face mill cuts on the end of the cutters
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A shell mill cuts on the sides of the cutters.
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An end mill does both but for a smaller area.
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30th August 2010, 02:02 PM #3Senior Member
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Usually an endmill has 4 flutes and they are used to cut keyways which are not blind and a shell mill has a lot more cutting edges and is designed to cut a fair amount off and will cut alot better when only cutting with one side than an endmill.
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30th August 2010, 02:09 PM #4Senior Member
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A Shell end mill is basically a facing cutting when used on a horizontal machine
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30th August 2010, 02:16 PM #5Pink 10EE owner
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I thought face mills used inserts, either carbide or HSS (in the old days)
Shell end mills are smaller and are all HSS and not used today...
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30th August 2010, 02:35 PM #6Senior Member
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You can get shell end mills that use carbide inserts, the main difference is u use a face mill to take cuts off the face of the job and you would use a shell end mill if the majority of the cutting is on the side of the job as you ca remove more material as the cutting edge is longer.
http://img.directindustry.com/images...mill-35040.jpg
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30th August 2010, 04:09 PM #7Member
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Try this as a reference:
Milling cutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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30th August 2010, 05:00 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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mmm
if you ask me the shell end mill doesnt look any different than the face mill
example
Shaw Machinery Web Site
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31st August 2010, 03:19 AM #9Senior Member
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On that page they look the same I would call the shell end mills they have there face mills
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