I plan to get a mill at some point I'm running out of room but if the right one came up for sale I'd get it, until then just thinking of more ways to use what I haveLike Rob, I have one. It came with my lathe but I’ve never used it (‘cos I have two milling machines). Rob’s use as a cutter/tool holder/whatever on the lathe looks like a novel use for it! Not quite s QCTP but certainly a quick adjust tool post! And more rigid than a lot of the QCTPs on many hobby lathes!
Thinking a centec or something like it with a quill, needs to have a quillas goes for a milling machine depends on which way you want to go
theres the dore westbury way or the simple head via the atlas milling machine the sharp milling machine uses the same head to a degree
there is also a concrete way as well, note a horizontal mill can be changed to a vertical using the atlas head
Indeed it does - centec no good though, needs a pillar you can make a mount for.Thinking a centec or something like it with a quill, needs to have a quill
Look like handy machines to have and not too big eitherI have a 2B (with a riser block and power feed). The little Raglan still gets used for lots of jobs (that can be fitted on it).
I'd like something a little bigger than both of them I've watched a few on ebay delivery is a problem for me![]()
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Brilliant! I'd been trying to come up with a way to make a similar part, I was thinking it would be a big unbalanced faceplate job, or thread a full bore, cut a segment out of it and braze it to a body. Your way looks much more convenient.I bought one of these when I had (still have - just doesn't get used) a minilathe:
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The idea was to do some milling, but the whole arrangement turned out not to be very rigid, not enough travel, awkward to set up, so I bought a milling machine. I nearly sold this a couple of years ago but the potential buyer lost interest / pulled out and I'd already got seller's remorse so I hung on to it. I've since put it to good use on my M300 machining a threading follower for another lathe thats still WIP:
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All cast iron construction, very rigid. I think it's a modification of a type designed to fit a Myford lathe. Bought from Warco. £124 now, but out of stock at the mo.
Years ago, I was able to find one of the rare Boxford type just before I bought my mill. It was expensive then, but I haven't used it since acquiring the mill.........................................
There are not many vertical slides for lathes about. The Myford (and copies) is by far the most common. Occasionally a Boxford one comes up but they are big money.