End mill source?

[Dnele928]

80% Arms

[donmopar]

I use 5/16 4 flute ones around 3.5 inches long. They seem to hold up better. I also drill down through the corners because it is faster and keeps the load down on the endmill and reduces the chance of breaking. I get mine from whatever I find on ebay that are close. Also buy coated they last considerably longer. I also cheat by using a 5/8 rougher to hog out the trigger area first.

[xsefan]

I used cheap amazon one. The clearly came from china.
Once I'm better with the mill I will get good ones.
I think it's like a motor cycle. You don't want a Ducati for your first bike.
I picked up reasonable collets from fastenall

[honos-et-virtus]

Try Grizzly Industrial Tools.

Try http://www.grizzly.com/

That's Grizzly Industrial tools.

They are up in Washington.
May people think they are mainly wood working but have plenty of goodies for the machinist.

Great prices. Some stuff from China but for milling Alum. they work good enough.

Here is one end mill page:

http://www.grizzly.com/search?q=%28end+AND+mills%29+OR+%28end+OR+mills%29

[kcstott]

Marshalls is a hardware store.