04-01-2016, 10:14 AM
I've never been real confident in the method I've been using to "center" the cutter - using indirect measurements taken from one side of the cutter body to the side of the blank or arbor.
I found an old book called "Planing and Milling" by Franklin D. Jones written in 1915 and in it is the following method that actually centers the cutter properly and includes a simple test. This was a headslap for me, so obvious it is. Due to the time period the text refers to horizontal mills but the method applies to vertical mills as well.
Patched together from 3 pages into an odd size, I hope it's still legible after the upload...
I found an old book called "Planing and Milling" by Franklin D. Jones written in 1915 and in it is the following method that actually centers the cutter properly and includes a simple test. This was a headslap for me, so obvious it is. Due to the time period the text refers to horizontal mills but the method applies to vertical mills as well.
Patched together from 3 pages into an odd size, I hope it's still legible after the upload...