I just brought home an A1s style mill that appears to be identical to the Select mills that I have seen on this site. Also similar to the 8x30 mills from Enco, Grizzly, etc. This mill seems very nice and has been cared for by only one perso it’s entire life. It does have metric dials which simply good justification for DRO.
The mill appears to have a MT3 spindle and came with set screw holders in a variet of sizes. I’m wondering if it would be worthwhile (or even work) to replace the spindle with R-8 from grizzly or Harbor Freight (6x26) since the parts manuals appear to be identical. Maybe someone has been down this lathe and can chime in?
Anothe item is that this mill is missing the fine feed for the spindle down feed. It has the lever for the quill but there is a blank plate where the fine feed would be. I’m thinking that the Grizzly G1004 parts would be the same (and maybe the HF 6x26h. I’m not sure I really need the fine feed. But if I can find the parts for a decent price, maybe I should install them while parts are still available. Has anyone else looked into this?
Oh, I also satisfied my need for American iron with the D40 Kurt vise that came with the mill.
The mill appears to have a MT3 spindle and came with set screw holders in a variet of sizes. I’m wondering if it would be worthwhile (or even work) to replace the spindle with R-8 from grizzly or Harbor Freight (6x26) since the parts manuals appear to be identical. Maybe someone has been down this lathe and can chime in?
Anothe item is that this mill is missing the fine feed for the spindle down feed. It has the lever for the quill but there is a blank plate where the fine feed would be. I’m thinking that the Grizzly G1004 parts would be the same (and maybe the HF 6x26h. I’m not sure I really need the fine feed. But if I can find the parts for a decent price, maybe I should install them while parts are still available. Has anyone else looked into this?
Oh, I also satisfied my need for American iron with the D40 Kurt vise that came with the mill.