I'd like to try a solid tool post mount on my 7x10 instead of having the tool post mounted on the compound.
My first problem is I don't own a mill so I'd have no way to square up a mount, nor accurately make it's height the same as the compound.
I've searched the internet to see if anyone sells such a beast, haven't found anything yet.
Then I got to thinking, what if I bought a compound bottom and top, then bolted them together into a monolithic assembly. There'd really be no need for a gib, nor gib screws, just a few holes drilled and tapped in the bottom, and corresponding holes drilled in the top, less than $100 in parts.
Thoughts?
My first problem is I don't own a mill so I'd have no way to square up a mount, nor accurately make it's height the same as the compound.
I've searched the internet to see if anyone sells such a beast, haven't found anything yet.
Then I got to thinking, what if I bought a compound bottom and top, then bolted them together into a monolithic assembly. There'd really be no need for a gib, nor gib screws, just a few holes drilled and tapped in the bottom, and corresponding holes drilled in the top, less than $100 in parts.
Thoughts?