Milling deep into 6062 T6

[Muzzer]

Yes, those reduced shank end mills are great for deep cuts where the surface finish needs to be good. The only engage with a limited portion of the total depth yet have a good reach.

I have used YuZe Tools on AliExpress (I dealt with Rickie Fang [email protected]) several times in the past for well priced, good quality cutters - end mills, thread mills, chamfers etc. It may be worth asking them if they do them. Previously I have bought them from Cutwel in the UK (for both steel and aluminium) when they were on offer at much reduced prices.
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/508...50ff4cadvh5NJK

[dudz]

Thanks. As regards to a 10mm endmill, having a reduced dia shank, would 9.2mm be about right ? or would it not be reduced enough ?

[Muzzer]

The YG-1 "extended neck" AluPower cutters have 9.2mm neck for a 10mm cutter. It doesn't need much reduction, as it's simply trying to avoid contact with the previous stepdown.

Here's the ones I got. These are usually £60 here in the UK but I wouldn't ever pay that much. Cutwel do some nice reductions from time to time but I don't recall what I paid. Page 13 of this flier, if the link works:
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/c...-hpc-flyer.pdf

[dudz]

Nice, I have contacted Rickie Fang for endmills. Any recommendation for boring heads ?. I need something accurate for holes up to 80mm in dia