I'v got the pull out plans for a similar milling attachment by J. Neave, it was presented in issue 21 of model Engineers Workshop. Maybe Neil has that one spotted for a future set of plans to go with the Filing machine etc.

Ian S C

Edited By Ian S C on 12/05/2015 13:05:23

Neill, jeclanide handwheel gets my vote, worth doing just for the interest factor

Hi Ady,

You can achieve pretty much the same functionality by mounting a (self-powered) milling head on a vertical slide which has been clamped to the lathe's bed.

I used a Taig ER16 milling head and the vertical slide from my Myford (it's Asian) to do exactly that. I just slide the tailstock off and mount the milling head. The total cost was just over £100 (for the Taig head and an extra pulley & belt – all from Peatol) as I already had a small motor. The rest was mainly from aluminium offcuts faced in the lathe. It works well for small jobs and the Taig head can be driven much faster (for smaller cutters) than can be done when they are held directly in the headstock.

Regards,

IanT

double post

Edited By Muzzer on 13/05/2015 18:23:22