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Hey all, Very new to all this and need some advice. I ordered a VERTEX HV-6 (4-Slot) 6" Horizontal/Vertical Rotary Table with 4-Slot Face Plate which should arrive in a week or so. It has a MT2 center hole. This will go on a PM727 size mill. Am I on the right track with looking at this 6" 4...

Hello. New member here… Does anyone here know where I can find replacement parts for a G1008/A1S-A mill? I broke the knee casting where the saddle rides the ways while transporting and Grizzly offers no replacement parts for what I need. Any help would be awesome. Thanks! Sorry if this is the...

I'm not sure if the right forum for this but I want to create a thread getting peoples input on a mill build I'm working on. I'm very much in the design phase and while I have bought some stuff for the project in is only when there has been an exceptional deal. Here are my design goals for...

Hi All, I am looking into fitting some sort of actuator to my mill gib locks as part of a partial automation project that I’m undertaking. The mill is a craftex cx601, essentially a grizzly g0704, and it has the standard two plastic handles to screw in two set screws per gib. I had looked at...

I just arranged to buy my first mill, a WWII-era VN 12 in really good shape, I'm going back to pick it up in a couple weeks. I took with me today a large set, possibly complete, of VN C collets, 2 overarm support brackets, a 12" VN C arbor, and some horizontal cutters. Questions I haven't...

Hi All, A few years back I completed the DRO installation on my mill by adding the Z Axis to the head, that is my mill is a bed style where the head raises and lowers not the knee or table. However, I found it not be as useful or at least user friendly as I thought, mainly due to the fine...

Here’s the dope. I got all excited to make my own bearings, reface pins and create basic heavy steel stuff for my heavy equipment repair needs. So I got on Griz-site and ordered a lathe that has so far worked perfectly. But now I need to produce more complex parts in our wind and solar farm...

I spent a lot of time aligning my RT to the spindle. I got it within a thou or so. That was the best I could do. Then, I added a fixture plate to the top of it and aligned that as well. So, I assume means the two are aligned to each other? If I leave the fixture plate on the RT and move the...

I struggle with completing parts, and don't know how to release them from the stock. Consider this part: It is a simple circular adapter with four holes and a protrusion with a shoulder. Overall 0.5" thick, and working it out of 0.64" thick alu plate. I was able to to the spot drilling...

Looking at a mill for sale. Looks fairly rigid but much better suited to my space restrictions than a full size Bridgeport. Can anyone tell me more about it? Google is turning up nothing with those numbers but I found some that look similar but not sure if the same or not. Theres one guy ahead...

Hi all, i just picked up Brown and Sharpe No 1 horizontal milling machine and i have a some questions... First is: How do you oil this thing!! i gather that there is no central oiling System but i don't know which holes are for oil! (i figured out the spindle but the ways i am confused). My...

I decided to write this as an article in a PDF file so here it is. Merry Christmas everybody.

There seems to be a lot of interest here on the BS-0/1 dividing head on various sized milling machines. I bought the PM BS-0 dividing head recently and I thought I'd share some and ask some questions as well. To me, I think the BS-0 dividing head is the right size for my PM-25 mill. I don't...

It's been a while since I've posted anything. Frankly been to busy to, moved and been working hard to get everything built up and in it's place. Well, it's been a lot of work in a short timeframe. Poured the floor, got the walls insulated and drywalled, finally rolled everything in, in about a...

Hello all, quick message to gauge interest in a website specific to a manual machine auction listings. For those that like classic cars, think Bring a Trailer but for lathes, mills, accessories, etc suitable to the home shop. eBay is the big name but the seller only gets about 92% of the sales...

Good afternoon everyone! I hope you are all having a great Saturday so far! I was digging through the tools that I received with my lathe and found this. I first was thinking a boring device of some type but I think this is for a mill.....I would love for someone else to chime in and educate me...

Well, I'm restricted in my movements thanks to Covid19 as the entire country here is under a state of emergency. All retail stores are closed only supermarkets and pharmacies are open for business and hardware stores restricted to a couple days per week and restricted hours as well. There's...

Hello Hobby Machinists! Today is my first official post on this forum. Up to this point I have been a lurker skimming tricks and tips where I can for my home shop. I've always been an operator of those slightly disappointing Chinese import machines (mostly Grizzly) and although they do the job...

Looking for information on an old Mill. It's for sale locally here and the owners don't know much background on it. Purchased decades ago. It works and just isn't used much anymore. 18" Cincinnati milling machine. The 3 phase motor was added later. Flat belt drive converted to electric...

I’m new to machining but I’ve already got some jobs to do with the old Comet milling machine we just got at our shop. A guy who owned a machine shop two blocks down sold his business and we got the Comet, a surface grinder, and a bunch of end mills. We’ve got everything set up and I just spent...