Indexable facemill recommendations?

[m_c]

Given I've owned milling machines for a good few years, I have never had the need for a decent facemill.

For the current project, a facemill for the little cnc mill will make things easier, but I'm struggling to decide what are the better options, and I've failed to find any current offers from my usual suppliers.

Unless anybody has any specific reasons not to, I'm probably going to go for one that takes SNxX inserts, so I can face and chamfer with the same cutter.

 

[Brad93]

Given I've owned milling machines for a good few years, I have never had the need for a decent facemill.

For the current project, a facemill for the little cnc mill will make things easier, but I'm struggling to decide what are the better options, and I've failed to find any current offers from my usual suppliers.

Unless anybody has any specific reasons not to, I'm probably going to go for one that takes SNxX inserts, so I can face and chamfer with the same cutter.

Them type of cutters are somewhat old hat now but if you buy one and need inserts, let me know. I've got boxes of them.

 

[m_c]

Them type of cutters are somewhat old hat now but if you buy one and need inserts, let me know. I've got boxes of them.

If it was a decent sized mill with more than a couple hp spindle and I actually used it more often, I'd look for something more modern, but this mill hasn't even been turned on for the past year.
Only reason I've powered it up, is I need to make some new toolholders for the CNC lathe, so I can juggle some tools around, and fit a roller box.

I was hoping there would be a decent offer on facemills somewhere to reduce my options, but I'm stuck with too many options.
I might just go and pin the APT or Cutwel indexes to a dart board, and see where the darts land!