The various goings on in my workshop
Sure enough the next day I split the mill into two pieces and carried it to the garage workshop and put the two halves on the workbench. I then got a little carried away and started dismantling it ready for cleaning and ended up with this pile of bits :o) Now that it is all…
I think my ideal starting point would have been the Solid Column HiTorque Mini Mill model 3960 from LittleMachineShop that comes with a longer base and a larger table that has a T slot on the front edge at $819.00 (about £525.00), however shipping to the UK would have been a killer. In the end I…
I recently decided to make a workbench for my garage so that I actually had somewhere to put my Mini Mill, and can also hold my Mellor Lathe that I bought on ebay some time back for the bargain price of £100.00. I made use of a design championed by Steve Ramsey on his YouTube channel Woodworking for…
For some time now I have wanted a Milling machine. I have had the debate with myself many times about “small and new” vs “bigger and older”, and whilst I would love to own a Bridgeport turret mill, I simply don’t have the space or the ability to collect it/move it about, plus I have…