Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Tabel to spindle clearance of small CNC Mill

rotarysmp wrote:

>Thanks for the response Jon, my interest is not miniture stuff like
>watches. A concrete use will be parts for homebuilt aircraft. I would
>like to make a model gas turbine to the Thomas Kamp plans. I do have
>a friend who keeps trying to get me to make the parts he breaks on
>his model helicopters, but you can buy them for less than my time :)
>
>I was tending towards installing the head with 100mm between the
>spindle nose and the table with the knee fully raised.
>
>

That is probably pretty good. In some cases, you might need to
elevate the workpiece when using very small cutters in a collet.
A vise would pretty much fill your 100 mm.

Jon