otlski
Gold Member
I have an older Italian made horizontal milling machine with a right angle head attached making it effectively a vertical mill. The vertical head takes an MT2 taper. I see that all collet sets that are MT2 have a 3/8-16 inch tapped hole in the end for a drawbar. I have been looking at carbide insert indexable shell mills. To keep as low profile as possible, I might prefer one directly with the like MT2 taper (as opposed to a 1/2 inch collet with a 1/2 inch shank arbor shell mill).
Now the question. Is it a reasonable assumption to make that such an MT2 shell mill will have to come with the 3/8-16 inch drawbar thread?
Note to Mods. Many times I have wished for a specific place to post machining questions. Would prefer to stay on TBN rather than subscribe elsewhere.
Now the question. Is it a reasonable assumption to make that such an MT2 shell mill will have to come with the 3/8-16 inch drawbar thread?
Note to Mods. Many times I have wished for a specific place to post machining questions. Would prefer to stay on TBN rather than subscribe elsewhere.