I have a very similar mill - VERY similar. With careful use and setup they can be very accurate machine tools. They may not hog out huge cuts of material, but you can make accurate parts with good finishes, as long as you are patient.
It’s a nice machine for sure, and like all light mills defs not for hogging, but it will get jobs done. I’d like to add dro to the quill and a mm scale on the column bug that’s about all I’d change right now. One day maybe power feed but not right now.
Yes I agree nice job for your first gear now you know more than you did when it came in your shop in joy and happy holidays
..it works. Trial and error until you get the kinks out...
Nice new Mill.
You could weld the tooth up and recut it.
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How about telling us about the new mill? Model, specifications, selection reasoning etc...are you happy with it?
I have a very similar mill - VERY similar. With careful use and setup they can be very accurate machine tools. They may not hog out huge cuts of material, but you can make accurate parts with good finishes, as long as you are patient.
It’s a nice machine for sure, and like all light mills defs not for hogging, but it will get jobs done. I’d like to add dro to the quill and a mm scale on the column bug that’s about all I’d change right now. One day maybe power feed but not right now.
Doc, nice mill -- I'm certain that you'll enjoy it a lot. That wasn't bad for your _first_ gear!
Didn't pick a simple job to try out the new toy, did we!
First thing I did was actually to widen the bolt slots on my 3” mill vice so they would take m12 studs… but that was hardly worth videoing…