Small mill project (SMP)

[skunkworks]

Front

[Cenedd]

Can I send you my column to true up?!
Similar problems to you - no reference surfaces except the dovetails and needing a riser block. Not going to pretend I'm doing anywhere near as thorough a job as you are though!

[skunkworks]

Certainly is a pain to make it fit correctly. Probably could get by with a stack of washers..

[dmartin]

You do good work and apparently plenty of it. I am always glad when I first open the home page and there is an update to this thread. This is the first one that I open to see if there are any new pictures.
Thanks for taking the time to post up all the good information and pictures.

Dwight

[skunkworks]

Thank you - I wing it pretty good

You do good work and apparently plenty of it. I am always glad when I first open the home page and there is an update to this thread. This is the first one that I open to see if there are any new pictures.
Thanks for taking the time to post up all the good information and pictures.

Dwight

[gambler]

dang, that's impressive.

[skunkworks]

Finally got the bottom finished (I think)

[skunkworks]

Yum...

[skunkworks]

seems to have bolted together.. Now to make sure it is perpendicular in both planes..

[skunkworks]

Hey - the pallet changer still works! This is a tomb stone hat we have been wanting to mount on the K&T.. I want to use the mill as a cmm to check for my little mill's square-ness. (But first drill the holes in the tombstone because it was already on the pallet) never ending

[QSIMDO]

I trammed the column of my old dovetail mill using Moglice and encouraged by Stefan's project.
Worked fantastically for a "one & done", but it appears you have all manner of squaring device so
we'll just consider my statement anecdotally.

[Joe Rogers]

Hey - the pallet changer still works! This is a tomb stone hat we have been wanting to mount on the K&T.. I want to use the mill as a cmm to check for my little mill's square-ness. (But first drill the holes in the tombstone because it was already on the pallet) never ending

Can I come over to your house and play with your toys??
Joe

[danlb]

I wondered which one was the "tophat" that needed drilling, and then I saw the spinning swarf on the far right.

I thought all those holes were drilled as needed. That is in the sentence "I has needed to stop 1/2 inch sooner. Oh well, just adds character to the table."

[skunkworks]

We are pretty cautious. Rarely make a mistake that machines into a fixture. The left plates came that way ( all those gross random holes). (the way left one we did drill all the 2" on center holes)

But they work great even though they look rough.

Sam

[umahunter]

It's looking great