Milling machines?

[gaz1]

As I'm now an accidental lathe owner it got me thinking along the lines of 'in for a penny' and a small milling machine to be used in place of a drill stand, but with the obvious added advantage of limited milling capabilities. I don't have a specific use in mind beyond accurate drilling. Maybe shims/spacers, tidying the face of something, putting an oil/grease channel into a pin, perhaps cutting a keyway?

Anyway, used machines seem to fall in to two categories shagged, or eye wateringly expensive, both of which seem to originate from big machine shops. Warco seem to do a reasonable range, the WM16 or WM18 look to be the size and type of things that would suit what I need from a machine. So any suggestions along that line? Obviously it's a matter of keeping an eye out and waiting for something to come up, but it'd help if I had some specific machines to look for.

bargains can be had but comes to time

though i find there expensive but could you build or make one up yourself well yes you could

even the old horizontals can be adapted to a vertical using the same machine to change them

so heres what i was looking into

homemade milling machine

im interested in a homemade milling machine i cant afford one and dont like the price of a cheap as chips one ive done a little homework on the subject and know im going to get stuck on certain parts all 4 machines need a bar to use 2 1/2" up too 3" dore westbury 6x 26 milling machine...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

 

[gaz1]

nearly forgot then comes the

milling sharpener as well but that can be made up from what you have allready

 

[Cato]

I've followed that one with interest, I think there's a space in my workshop for it

EDIT: Maybe not, it's way bigger than I thought it was!! 5 ton weight too...

Exactly how I was "Oh that looks interesting. Yeah if I move the ..... hang on WTF!"