I was a machinist for many years so can usually figure out how to get something done but I'm always looking to get bang for the buck in expanding the capabilities of what I have. In my retired, hobby capacity, I have a 8x18 lathe/mill combo. A vendor has a sale on a milling attachment normally used to give the lathe an axis of movement. I'm wondering if the milling attachment wouldn't come in handy to expand the capabilities of the lathe/mill combo especially since the combo is a limited mill anyway. Does anyone have any experience using one of these attachments on a lathe/mill combo? Thanks for any thoughts. Jim
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Question for those with lathe/mill combo
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I have a lathe/mill also and I'm interested in ways to expand the milling capabilities... do you have a picture of the attachment?
Sorry, I'm hopeless at getting photos on these discussion boards. On another board, someone responded to me with a photo of a lathe milling attachment that swiveled in the horizonal plane and at another point, swiveled in the vertical plane. Now, that does look useful. Jim
Located a guy making these as kits. He is very helpful so feel free to give him a call. The site is http://www.statecollegecentral.com/metallathe/index.html