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Well, I’m new to this forum and to machining, so please try to be understanding when I ask stupid questions... here’s the first one. I just bought an HF mini mill (model 44991) and just happen to have a Shop Fox mortising machine that I no loner use/need. It has a 3/4 hp, 8 amp, 3450 rpm motor that I’d like to put on the mini mill. Whattaya think? Am I crazy, or can this work?
G'day Mr Ven. This is the forum for asking questions, no dumb questions here, the only dumb or stupid questions are the ones you never asked, we are all here to help and learn, even the most highly trained of us can still learn. I don't know much about the machine in question, other than it is a mini mill. The first question I'd be asking before fitting a more powerful and faster motor, what will you be overloading. The makers of most machines tend to put motors on them that will not overload the drive train. nor damage the structure of the machine.
Apart from the modifications that will no doubt void your warranty, will it really be worth it. What do you hope to achieve, apart from the satisfaction of doing the conversion.