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Two main issues with the facemill. Firstly the head was a loose fit on the arbor so was running out of true and secondly the supplied tips and also an extra box of 10 that I ordered at the same time were not that sharp even for carbide. Once the run out was sorted and some decent tips fitted it cut a lot better. All in this thread over on MEhttps://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=135611&p=1
Just looking through the latest Sieg catalogue and they list different feed units for the standard and Long tables. I think Axminster only do it for the standard table as they don't do the long bed machine.http://www.siegind.com/Application/Home/View/demo_ximate/pdf/SIEG.pdf
The face mill is an excellent idea, I'll keep that in mind, I may well want one of those.
Jason -Yes. I'm going to put a clock on my facemill as soon as I get a chance (painting hallway this morning, out with daughter this afternoon...you know how it goes) and take a couple of trial cuts. And then there's these 'blue nano' cutters with it... Will post here on how it goes.
I have a boiler kit waiting in the wings.