Re: facing shell mills

Gerald,

Facemills like those sell at Boeing Surplus for around $25+/- and
they aren't fast movers. Obviously, the new price is much, much
higher. The reason for the low price is their limited useage, it
takes a machine with something equivalent to a 50 taper to
effectively use one like that.

Depending on the insert style, sometimes these large type of cutters
are worth more for the inserts they contain than for their intended
purpose.

Doug

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@egroups.com, Area51tats@a... wrote:
> I am trying to find out what somethings I purchased today are
worth. There
> are four of them and they are all Valenite and say Valenite GTE.
>
> (1) I have two of these, 6.062 cutting dia, twelve 8-sided inserts
> vmm-78-5-0612-la
>
> (2) 6.25 cutting dia, eight 4-sided inserts. m151201, widaxM40
>
> (3) 5.0 cutting dia, eight 4-sided inserts that are held in by
centered torx
> screws, MM-050-8r-150f
>
> Anybody out there have a way of finding out what these cutters are
worth. I
> know I would hate to have to buy one of these things but I would
like to own
> a machine that could use them, I think the small one would just
kill my
> sherline mill. These are all with out arbors but they do have
inserts.Thank
> you in advance.
>
> Gerald