Please don't misunderstand, I own an R-8 spindle mini-mill and it's OK for the price and considering I can't find an R-8 spindle mill in this size anywhere...
Increased table travel on the Mini-Mill would be useful. Question is this: Can two tables be cut and welded to increase the usefull travel on a mini-mill- with...
Having explored that arena, I can tell you that the Asian factories, especially those in India and China, can produce any quality and quantity for which you...
I used 2 part garage floor epoxy paint on my bench top. It's expensive but is worth it IMO. I used this on top of new MDF. I basically poured it on as heavy as...
seems like it would work but if you want a longer table why do you not make it mill the bottom to fit and weld a long top to it and use your mill to flatten...
I have thought of that also. It doesn't appear there is enough room to build up a joint. Tig welding would be the only option. I don't know what the table is...
1] the table on the mini mill is cast iron but there's nothing to stop you from making one out of any other material. Most other metals (steel/aluminium/etc)...
A longer table with more travel would be useful. Given a choice though, i'd go for a 'wider' table first, might simplify mounting larger vises and larger or...
Buy a bigger mill if you need a bigger table. You could use a Gillman slide, but that is WAY WAY WAY too serious an investment whether you buy or make one for...
I gotta second Barry's thoughts here. The time, trouble, cost and the machine don't warrant it. Buy a bigger mill, such as one of the RF30/31 varieties....
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Heh-heh ..... I was actually going to say that but was holding back. "Get a bigger Mill!!!" However, I understand, the fun and challenge for some in hotrodding...
Look at the bosch Rexroth site: http://www.boschrexroth.com Buy a piece of T-slot extrusion as big as you need. Use your mill to build a subplate out of 1/2...
Barry, whats a Gillman slide? Is it a larger precision machined table plate complete with its own T- nut slots designed to fasten somehow over the original...
Doing that on a mini mill might eat up valuable z travel. John ... From: moparado To: GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 8:33 AM ...
I won some reamers in an eBay auction a short time ago. A bunch of them are brand new solid carbide or cobalt and the rest are resharpened. Got'em for $14 -...
The best way would probably be to buy a chunk of steel to the proper length and make a longer one piece table. Problem is, I still have only about 8 or 9...
I thought of that, I'd toss out the old base and table, make a new steel base, a head extension to center the spindle over the wider table. Would seem...
A bigger mill is my eventual goal. HF has mill/ drills sales on a fairly frequent basis and on a dollar per pound seems a much better deal. Unfortunately, I...
So, just what is your machining need for so much ... Wanted to make some optics mounts; nothing special. I save some surplus lenses I want to cobble together. ...
Thanks for the website and suggestion. I may yet do that if I can be precise enough to reposition the parts without wandering off the x/y longitudinal axis. ...
I suppose the simplest way to obtian a longer table would be to buy one from LittleMachineShop.com. :-) Unfortunately, Seig in the PRC doesn't make the parts....
I just saw a "Precise Mini Milling and Drilling Machine" at Penn Tool. It doesn't look like a Seig X2 either but it has the same general style. Work head can...
... <aardvark@p...> wrote: > SIEG produces the same model mill in several qualities - from across the room the only clue might be the color.... but up close is...
A mini-mill and I don't need to modify a mini-mill for the head tilt feature? Seig is certainly looking better. ... Tool. It ... style. ... by a 350W ... ...
LMS doesn't sell a larger table,unless you have a MICRO-MILL and get a mini mill table and cross-slide set up Mike G ... From: pb10k <pb10k@...> To:...
Reminds me of an odd little mill a guy in New Zealand reported buying a few months ago. I wonder if it has a quill? I wonder if the head can be returned...
