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26th October 2013, 11:05 AM #1
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Mill - MT2 Taper
Hi, I am thinking about having a look at this mill. At $700 it may be a reasonable buy but it has a MT2 taper. I was wondering about how rigid an MT2 taper would be... even my X2 has a MT3 taper. Also, how about MT2 taper tooling, how easy is it to get? Any comments would be appreciated. It looks like the brand is JD but it's a bit hard to tell from the photos. I was going to have a look at it tomorrow.
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26th October 2013, 12:45 PM #2
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26th October 2013, 12:57 PM #3
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MT2 tooling should not be a problem to get. However it is a fair bit smaller than MT3 so less rigid. It all depends on what you plan on using the machine for. You may have to limit yourself to endmills no bigger in dia than the MT2's fat end. About 20mm?
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26th October 2013, 01:05 PM #4
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MT2 tooling
Hi Blu_Rock.
Possibly the easiest way to get an idea about tooling is to get on ebay.com (not the aussie version) and do a worldwide search.
The $700 price tag would not be the issue to me. The issue would be owning a mill with an MT3 taper and duplication of tooling for the two tapers. A morse taper 2 to 3 adapter generally lacks drawbar threading and would be less than ideal. Unless you can get something made to suit??
The cost of tooling can make the original mill price look like peanuts.
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26th October 2013, 01:23 PM #5
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Hercus offered a 2 - 3 sleeve adapter that was basically a tapered tube enabling engagement of the 2 Morse tooling's draw bar thread. I have two of their adapters. I have seen similar adapters on Ebay whilst trawling through the South Bend offerings.
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27th October 2013, 10:32 PM #6
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Thanks for all the replies. I had a look at the mill this morning and the quill ended up having a MT3 taper, rather than an MT2. I was pretty keen to buy it but ended up not because there was only about 320mm headroom? between the bed and the bottom of the quill when the head was at the top of its travel. This seems ridiculous given that you would loose 50 odd mm of the height with a collet holder and a lot more if using a rotary table plus chuck. It's a pity, but my search goes on to replace my RF20 with a S/H dovetail mill.
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27th October 2013, 11:09 PM #7
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You couldn't fit a riser block easily?
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28th October 2013, 08:20 AM #8
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Doh... Should have checked that, sold now
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28th October 2013, 04:52 PM #9
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Looked like a steal to me at that price.
Wish deals like that would come up near me.
I think I'll be buying one from the mainland and shipping over to Tassie. Just trying to decide on how much mill I can fit/move and justify.
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