Face milling with a small mill. | The HobbyMachinist
1= with a 1/2 HP mill, It is best to use a smaller size indexable face mill. 2= the size of the indexable face mill should not be bigger than " you may get away with a 2". 3= the best type of inserts for a small mill (which does not have a very ridgid mill head) is, TPG32. 4= the indexable face mill head should have at least 2 inserts but 3 ...