Amolco milling attachment

[Jon CameronParticipant @joncameron26580]

Thanks Mike and Howard, it wont be pressed into service until i go pick it up with newly machined adaptor plate.

It also wont be taking heavy cuts, when i got the ML4 i went gently does it until it rattled around then i knew i had reached what i was comfortable with, the ML4 will take upto 40 thou roughing cuts, but i tend to feed around 10thou a time on the dial (20thou off dia).

Ill treat the mill much the same, ramp it up from a couple of thou till i feel vibrations then wind it back. Im not doing it for industry just for a hobby so ill happily take my time.

Id like to have a larger lathe, and a knee mill, but space constraints and costs are all limiting me to a much smaller setup.

Still looking forward to making some tooling to go with the setup

[MeunierParticipant @meunier]

I was dissuaded by my chum "it's a compromise" from buying one at Mole's shop in Watford in the late '60s/early '70s but did fall for a nice Tripan QCTP and some toolholders which are still doing good service.
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