Good afternoon, can anybody help at all with my last posting, copied below?

Hi all, Ive been looking at the Martin Model and Hemingway die filer kits as a potential first project on my Myford ML1, that has 3-1/8" centre height. I have a vertical slide for it but I don't have a seperate mill..I do have a decent size bench drill. Oh and I'm a beginner.

Putting aside the table which I figure I could fabricate from mild steel (is cast iron better for machine tables such as this?) I'm wondering if I have the size capacity to make one up???

I prefer the look of the Martin model but for some reason figure the Hemingway might be the way to go.

Could any makers of either of these two please comment?

Many thanks

Chris.

Thank you ega, yes I did mean the sawing & filing attachment. I have emailed them this afternoon but would also like views from anybody who has built one, and is cast iron (rather than mild steel )so important for a small machines table such as this.

Thanks Brian, yes I'd seen that, for me on aesthetic grounds its if all else fails, I'd much rather have castings (-:

Thank you Dave, more as a useful bit of kit than an exercise I think. If a ready made Martin M version turned up I'd have it. I could have used one for work this week!

Both are interesting links, though neither work for me. Yes I'm aware of the shipping and import duty and as you say if I mess up…….

I will keep on pondering! (-: I may order the drawings only to see what exactly is involved.

Cheers

Chris.

Yes thank you KWIL, I think I saw that they do…..