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I see a lot of questions about VFD's and some statements of personal expectations of them. I want to put this out there to set reasonable expectations for VFD's. What not to expect and frankly their shortcomings. Hope you find it informational. VFD's are actually a new spin on an old...

A 6" vise is overkill for a RF45 style mill. A 4" is more appropiate for that size mill & IMO 5" max. I have a 5" GMT vise on my PM45 & it's slightly too big. Not enough Y axis travel to make use of the 5" full capacity. Better to save your money rather than getting something too big & most...

I have a manual Sherline mill and recently I have been having a lot of problems whenever the endmill starts to cut past the end of a part. The cutter starts dropping down and digs deeper into the work piece. Sounds like backlash, so I loosen the set screw, raise the motor, push down on the...

Am unable to find any makings so am stuck on who makes this mill thank you for any help

GMM-939SPKG Does anyone know about this machine? comes complete with 2X dro, x axis power feed, coolant system,etc. AND free shipping. all for around $5800....looks to be some deal! am I missing something here? I checked several sites and the money was about the same Thanks

Question about how far down I can lower the knee. I'm using a chuck on my rotary table and a boring head. I have barely enough room left to get tooling in. Had to use a short 3" boring bar. I can see another 2 inches of shiny ways below where the knee is stopped by the limit switch. Is there...

Working on building the shop bit by bit. I learned today that Ii really despise drywall. Just another step in the process you can follow along on my youtube channel.

Rather than hijack one of the other Atlas Mill threads I decided it would be best to start my own. I have had this mill since late last summer but I haven't had much time to work on it. I had started dis-assembly a few months ago but today I finally removed the main casting from the floor...

Here's my milling machine. Kind of bare bones. Came with the Palmgren vise, coolant pump in the base, some R8 collets, a few flycutters and that's about it. Seems to be in decent shape. Table is clean, no holes or gouges (yes, I checked under the vice). The ways are good. It's got the original...

Over the past few years I have developed a number of Electronic Edge Finders (EEFs) to be used on both my lathe and mill. All of them tried to have a simple "idiot light" on them that indicated when the cutter (or equivalent) touched a conductive reference surface clamped to the rest of the...

I'm wanting to start buying some equipment to start my own shop but I don't have a ton of money to work with. I've seen old Bridgeport's with CNC controls on EBay for $4500-$6000 but I've also been told auctions are where I will get the best prices. I guess what I'm wondering is if anyone has...

Hi, I had to make a special tool for Bilstein shock cartridges on my mini mill. We made a video on machining the tool: The video has a German soundtrack, but English subtitles are added to YouTube. If you don't see them by default, watch the video directly at YouTube and press the subtitle...

I continue the story of the RB-1 mill from Here. I figured I would start a new thread on this as it is a new phase of the project. It took the better part of two days to get the mill and the grinder into the basement, now to reassemble them... The problem is, the ceiling is too low to rig the...

Dear fellow chipmakers, I'm looking for a small to medium size horizontal milling machine. Something as small as a Hardinge UM/TM or a Sheldon, etc. What have you got that you're not using? Kindly email me at the address below Mike Charlottesville, VA mike at w4xn dot com

Looking for some assistance on adjusting backlash for the Y axis on my PM45 Mill. I had about 10 thousands backlash on my both my X and Y axises. I easily found the set screw for the X axis brass lead screw mount, it was about ready to fall out. Adjusted it a little and now have about 3...