Buget Warco Major 5 axis conversion

[Robin Hewitt]

When designing the Z remember that you will want to hammer tooling out of the spindle taper.

You don't want to hammer against the Z screw so some way to release it is a good idea.

The quill lock is probably not enough because you will want to draw them in tight. I use a sledge hammer with a broken haft because it fetches them with one blow.

A release also lets you use the machine as a drill without writing G code, which is totally handy.

Robin

Edit: I don't use indexable tooling and I have never thought about resharpening cutters.
Face cutting accuracy and finish depends on how square the spindle is to the bed. Inaccuracies becoming more pronounced as the radius of the cutter increases.