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« on: April 15, 2013, 04:22:24 PM »
Earlier on today I had a look at another end mill holder, a 32mm dia one, to see if I thought I could bore it out to accept the 46mm dia of the floating holders body. It could likely have been done and I was contemplating it. I then had a look at the Tapmatic one I had for the Beaver mill, it was an integrated 40 taper with the Bilz type quick release holder. I wondered if I could turn down the 40 taper to a 32 straight shank and fit in the endmill holder. Things looked good so earlier this evening I chucked it up and trued it on the manual lathe and turned it down. Got it fited into the endmill holder and I now have an extra 50mm clearance. I also turned the flange down a bit and may actually turn it down to the 32mm also and take some off the front of the end mill holder, that would give me an extra 25mm, I will see whether the extra would be needed before I decide whether to do that or not.
Below is a pic of the two side by side showing the amount of clearance gained.
Hood