Tag: Mini Mill

I was doing some work on my Mini Mill the other day and noticed that despite the fact that I had set a 0 position on the Z axis, the readout that came with my Chinese scales would randomly reset and as a result the 0 value was suddenly elsewhere. This was not a huge…

I have stated from the beginning, that I was not overly happy with the tilting column design of the Sieg X2 Mini Mill and would have preferred the solid column as sold with one of the models from LittleMachineShop. As such, ever since it became available at ArcEuroTrade, I have been interested in the Fixed…

First off I cut a couple of pieces of timber to rase the Mill up so that I don’t hit my knuckles on the bench every time I try to use the Y axis, they will also provide clearance for the stepper motor once that is installed. Suitable 10mm holes were drilled in the raising…

My new bearings arrived today from engineersmateltd on ebay, nice fast turn around. I ordered 1 x 6206-2RS (30x62x16mm), 1 x 6007-2RS (35x62x14mm) deep groove bearings and 2 x 30206 (30x62x17.25mm) Taper Roller bearings for a combined cost of £11.57 with free P&P. I decided to dismantle the spindle head and then compare the spindles before…

I have had a few deliveries of items I ordered recently. Firstly a couple of ebay purchases – a 19 piece set of ER32 collets (2mm-20mm) and a bunch of 52 solid carbide 2, 3 and 4 flute end mills and slot drills ranging from 2mm to 16mm, including various ball nose items. The mills are mainly brand…

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…