Re: Harbor Freight Micro Mill 47158

Randy,

I "measured this at HF (using pen marks on an envelope in my pocket)
and forgot to translate them to real numbers, BUT...

I can say that the table DOES move past the saddle extent in both
directions; the effect of which is that the l/s nut(and its support)
become the limiting factor. The nut is a flat bar design (with
a/backlash) so it doesn't take much away. In short, this DOES look
like a nice "target" for an inexpensive alternative to the sherlines
and taigs, and maxnc's...

Hope this helps,

Ballendo

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Randy Gordon-Gilmore
<zephyrus@r...> wrote:

> At 06:07 PM 2/12/2003 -0000, Mario wrote:
>
> >far as the original table travel, 9" may not be that ample for

some

> >work, but it is perfect for making small molds something I am

looking

>
> Oh, it's not the 9" travel I was commenting on, Mario. (My

Sherline mill

> has a similar travel and is plenty big enough for what I want to do

with

> it!) It was the fact that the table is partway off the base to get

this

> travel (based on the table length relative to the travel length.)

I trust

> Ballendo's evaluation though.
>
> Could you please confirm the actual travel though? In looking at

the

> picture on the HF website (I have not seen the mill in person yet)

I don't

> see how it can have quite that much travel. At the left end of the

table

> travel, the handwheel will be up against the saddle (if I see the

picture

> right.) Assuming that you can pass the table halfway off the

saddle at the

> right end of the travel, the total travel would be the table length

minus

> half the saddle width. That would seem to me to be less than 9" if

the

> table is 9-3/8" long. Or can the table move farther to the left

also and I

> am not looking at the situation correctly?
>
> I do not have a HF location close to me--well, I can't easily take

a side

> trip while I'm carpooling :-) so I can't check out the mill

personally yet.

>
> But I agree, it looks like an excellent value for the money and a

great

> candidate for CNC conversion.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Randy
>
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