I have demoted the Fb1 mill to a drill press because the spindle is solid, so a cutter has more overhang and I don't have a fine feed attachment for the quill.? I bought an older Taig mill and mounted a Sherline head on it because Taig did not have an ER 16 spindle, and I liked the Sherline variable speed motor. Now Taig has a bigger motor on their mills and an ER 16 spindle.?? I like being able to stuff most of a double ended cutter up inside the spindle.?? The Taig column is a 2" square tube with a dovetail slide bolted on the front , so it makes a fairly stiff machine.?? I can run a 3/8" cutter on steel if I don't get too greedy with the depth of cut.
Chuck Daldry
