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When I use a plain shank mill I use a marker to color the visible portion of the shank. If a shiny ring appears then STOP! I also use a piece of colored paper between the work and the table. If

When using the type of end mill holder that uses a grub screw to hold the EM in place, it's important to make sure the slot in the EM is pulled up against the screw.? Otherwise, as I learned the hard

That's the information I used in my attempt to stress-relieve my brass :).

I save my beer cans for just this purpose.... Mike Taglieri

Well now that you make think about it, you are correct. He has a MicroLux and his new Vevor. Michael - California, USA Micro-Mark MicroLux 7x16 LMS 3990 Hi-Torque Mill with power feed Sent: Tuesday,

I have the R8 version (3/8 shank) on my mill. It makes changing endmills very easy with a single allen screw, without having to loosen the drawbar. Michael - California, USA Micro-Mark MicroLux 7x16

In his book Ted Hansen does this by clamping the tool to an angle plate bolted to the cross-slide (he recommends taking 1/16th off the compound because it gives you room to use 3/8” inch tools in

Doesn't he have 2 lathes ? ??? ??? animal

I got a 3/8” MT3 adapter (at the time from Victor Machinery because they were pretty cheap.) similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Morse-Taper-Mill-Holder-Mills/dp/B077V4B2V2

If he has the compound mounted on a faceplate to machine it, he’d no longer have a compound to hold a cutter. Unless he has another lathe near by. Michael - California, USA Micro-Mark MicroLux 7x16

I started the same way did, with the lathe milling attachment. I went with a 3/8” collet and set of HSS Center cutting 4 Flute 3/8” shank endmills from LMS. <

Face it on a faceplate ??? ??? animal

Agreeing with John regarding using a QCTP

I agree - and have a different set of tool holders for each lathe, set to the right height. ralphie

Facing a 3.5mm shim in the 4-jaw - absolutely not! Anyway- as I have said- the whole point of my post about the height of the compound was not to ask for solutions to a problem, but as a FYI for

Absolutely. But the lathe cost $400 USD delivered and I already had the milling attachment. The very cheapest 'benchtop' milling machine would be 4 times that price without a milling vise collets,

How about a "quick-change" tool post? -- Jon Titus Herriman, UT

What materials are you machining? I make most use of a 6mm diameter, 3 flute and 10mm diameter 4 flute end mills when milling using the vertical slide in my 7x14 lathe - mostly on aluminium, but also

Furthermore, the man has an even better way out, he doesn't intend to use the lathe as such but mostly as a milling machine. The choice of a minilathe for that purpose boggles the mind, but to each

If he doesn't trust himself to machine a 3.5 mm shim, I would doubt he'd take a go at the compound slide, anf likely for good reason. A failed attempt at a shim can be thrown out with a shrug, a