Home made mill vice . Jan 2022

Two 20 mm pieces of bright mild steel cut t size and in the process of cutting them to size with the fly cutter. And a step cut in both sides of the yaws.

M8 holes drilled and counter sunk to take 3 bolts to clamp the vice yaws to the mill table. Center picture four M6 holes drilled and tapped to fit the securing Allen cap head screws

T nuts for the milling machine.

Cutting and machining .The  t Nuts to 22 X 18 X12 fro key stock 20 X 12.

Picture  top holes drilled and tapped M8.

 Mini Milling machine. DM 130 V. Jan 2018

 

 

Bought a new Chinese milling machine to complement my small home workshop . After unpacking it and cleaning of most of the grease it was covered in, by the Chinese factory it is now ready to be placed in its final position and made ready  for future projects.

Picture on the right the Milling machine all bolted down wired up as can be seen by the green LED . A Cheap and Nasty Drill Press Vice bolted down to the table and ready to commence to the next step.

Milling Machine specifications.

Table Size: 400 mm x 100 mm , T-Slot Size: M10
Maximum Table Travel: 215 mm , Maximum Cross Slide travel: 100 mm
Maximum Spindle Travel: 175 mm , Head Tilt: ( -45° ~ +45°)
Spindle Speed: Low: 0 ~ 1100 RPM , High: 0 ~ 2500 RPM
Spindle Taper: MT3 , Drilling Capacity: 12.5 mm
End Milling Capacity: 15 mm , Face Milling Capacity: 28 mm
Gross Weight: 68 kg , Net Weight: 50 kg
Motor: 350 Watts , Voltage: 220 V , AMP: 4.5 A
Cycle/RPM: 6000RPM , Switch Type: Variable
Power Transfer: Gears

Milling machine vice.

Picture below a new Machine vice a bit over sized but it will have to do until I make a suitable machine vice .

This  machine vice is a over kill for this size milling machine  but it was the only one available the overall dimensions are Jaw  width 80 mm, jaw height 30 mm, total opening of jaws 68 mm, total length 230 mm,   and its weight is 5.7  KG

Top Center picture in Octoer 2021 using a fly cutter for the first time, very happy with the results.