Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mill&Drill or Pedestal? More questions

Abby,


While I have seen the website and that mill drill and
looks exactly the same as mine casting look identical
if it measures the same I've got a pair of ball screws
waiting here if you wish to buy and I'll let you have
them for a little less than I paid a about the £250
mark I bought two pairs because I thought I'd make my
money selling them on again but that doesn't seem to
have happened but get the mill take a few measures and
if it is the Motor's you'll require I only the size 23
who H S X - 206 MacLellan Motors by direct only £36
each cheap as chips

I've been very happy with my mill drill as a manual
and this CNC it should be superb

stuart
--- AbbyKatt <cnc@...> wrote:

> Right,
>
> Hands clammy, body trembling, thirsty, numb-tongue,
> lack of logical
> reasoning, babbling, incoherence, excessive
> sweating, inreased pulse,
> flushing of face: This could only mean one thing
> has happened to me: I
> have prepurchase consumer anxiety. :)
>
> So, I wanted to get a mill/drill, then did some more
> looking and found
> this great UK website.
> They have the mill drill I want:
>

http://www.chesteruk.net/Eagle%2025%20Mill%20Specification.htm

>
> But, for a bit more, they have a full pedestal mill
> with
> tilting/swivelling head.
> http://www.chesteruk.net/626turretmill.htm
>
>
> The problem with the mill-drill head, as many people
> have mentioned is
> that it has a round column. Am I correct in assuming
> that the fine-feed
> also makes use of the rack and pinion, just like the
> quill lever does?
> Is this anywhat accurate, or will this be a terribly
> wibbly-wobbly waste
> of time and money? Or do they sometimes use a
> separate leadscrew for the
> find-feed that's easily CNCable?
>
> The turret mill looks fantastic! Of course, it's
> very expensive. Still,
> it's the cheapest mill of this type I've seen new
> and it looks very good
> value (Yes, yes, I know the Ebay argument, but I
> just finished restoring
> a lathe I got of it at a bargain price, to find that
> the whole thing has
> lots of play/backlash and wobble.. The last thing I
> want to do it to end
> up with another 1/2 ton of worn metal)
>
> The head tilt and swivel on the turret mill look
> fantastic! There's
> certainly a lot of uses I can think of for this.
> Even if the price is a
> little high. Now I know from my Sherline that
> starting small ends up
> costing you just about as much money as does going
> with the fullblown
> kit, so my decision is leaning heavily towards the
> turret mill. This is
> why I'm posting: Can you guys give me inspiration,
> or common sense? Just
> HOW bad is the mill/drill really? I'm not making
> engine-parts, but I
> really just want a bigger workspace than my sherline
> has... Give me your
> 2c, or that last bit of inspiration I need to tip
> the scales and order
> that turret mill right now! :)
>
> And just because you'd need to know, this is what I
> use my Sherline for:
> .Making jewelry
> .Making jewelry molds (mild steel)
> .Cutting thin metal strips (ie 2D machining), also
> for jewelry
> .Engraving
>
> I imagine I'd so some more, bold, heavier projects.
> But so far the small
> size of my Sherline has limited my imagination. :/
> (It'a a great mill,
> however.. Just TOO small)
>
> ~Abby
>
>
>
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