Local supplier of custom foam mill ends required

[marbles]

Hi,

Before I get a company in China to make custom mill ends for carving PIR foam I just thought i'd ask here incase there was someone in UK or Europe who might have a faster turnaround.

I need R8, R6, R4 radius 4 flute HSS endmills @ 230mm long. One ballend and one flatend in each radius 16mm, 12mm and 8mm. The custom part is that R8 & R6 need to be turned down to fit a 10mm collet.
6 pieces in total.

Any links or suggestions most welcome

[Gambel11]

The last time I needed a custom part made I used these technical foam services (https://www.gbfoam.co.uk/foam-market-sectors-manufacturer/technical-foam/). They helped me to draw up the part properly and prototyped it. See if they can help.

[Voicecoil]

Might be worth contacting Drill Serice?? (www.drill-service.co.uk) - they did some custom cutters for a friend of mine.

[Boyan Silyavski]

In China they make and sell very cheap what you need.

Best will be to make / or buy/ custom shafts on lathe and insert there cheap HSS tools. That's what i do even for wood, long reach. Price wise unbeatable and also you could do that for each job very cheaply.

230mm 4mm tool is absurd. :cat:

[marbles]

I sourced from D12, D16 mill ends from Rico CNC who I bought from before. I'm not using a 4mm at 230mm anywhere, that would be absurd! My nearest equivalent would be an R1.5 taper ballend on a 200mm long 16mm OD extender, which works just fine.