If someone is looking for some extended reach end mills, I found this company in my hometown. http://www.pmtnow.com The one one the right is a 0.062" ball nose that has 0.500" 4 flutes and is 2.5" overall. The one on the left is a 0.062" ball nose 3 flutes with a length of 0.094", a 0.875" relief and is 2.5" overall length.
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What material are you planning to cut? If it’s relatively soft (think plastics, aluminum, etc.) the fewer flutes you have, the better. You need to be able to evacuate the chips and as the flute count goes up, the difficulty in getting the chips out increases dramatically. Do the calculations for chip load vs feed vs speed to see if these make sense otherwise.
I finished up this walnut chessboard last night. There were some deeper areas that I needed the extended bits for. I used the one with the 0.500" flutes and my final stock removal was about 0.040". They worked great.
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Absolutely stunning.
Where do you get the model ?
I purchased a 200GB package that is amazing in STL files. This piece is 19.75" X 14.50" and started with a glued up piece 1.625" thick. Redirecting...