A surplus drill vice  converted to a swivel vice for use on the milling machine.

Mill vice stop Feb 2023.

Top pictures Base and up right Made and all parts assembled  . T-nut Made , bold cut to the correct length and stop fitted to the table.

Spring loaded tap follower Feb 2023.

A tap follower as suggested on YouTube By "Mr Pete 222"

Power hack saw vice Dec 2021.

Found some channel and cutting it to size to turn it in to a new and adjustable power hack saw vice.

Machining the jaws for the vice

Picture left top ready to have bushing pressed in. Bushes made and pressed home with the hydraulic press. CS set screws fitted to make sure it will not go anywhere.

Ready for the next step making the swivel.

spindle made from M16 Ready bar.

flats machined to the spindle to take a handle.Center picture most of the parts made and ready to be completed.

Filler strips made and drilled and the nut plate drilled and temporary fitted to the filler strips ready to be drilled and tapped M 6. Picture top right all parts made and ready to mount on to power hack saw frame

Vice finished and fitted to the machine, center picture testing the vice while cutting a piece of 12 mm key steel.

Picture to right the vice completed and ready to use, a filler piece of 60 x 15 x 120 mm was fitted against the vice so material clamped in the vice will be supported in the vice and the overhang.

Final product all the correct bolts fitted and saw tested , very happy with the result.

Toe clamps for mini mill pallet and face plates. Jan 2021.

Picture top left hold down clamps cut from scrap 10 mm thick aluminum   20 mm x 10 mm  x 50 mm long , holes drilled to tap M6 and slots cut on the Mini Mill.

Center and  right top picture hold down clamps fitted to the pallet and being shaped on the Mini Mill. The 6mm key steel fitted to the pallet serves as  a base when clamping the work pieces , very handy with lining it all up.

One operation finished two more cuts to do to shape them.

Shaping the sides bolted them all together and clamped to the pallet.

Top Right picture the finished product in total five hold down clamps where made all of 10 mm cutoff aluminum laying around.

Gears made for lathe # 1 and # 2 April 2021

Assorted gears made on the Mini Mill top left 16 teeth 24 DP for the tread gauge of lathe # 2

Center top picture two bronze 40 teeth gears also 24 DP for lathe # 1

Picture right hand top Aluminum gear 75 teeth for lathe # 1

A new experiment I used an home made 19 mm Fly cutter in the mini mill with and a  6 mm square HSS cutter ground to fit the profile of an existing gear and it seems to cut better than the proper gear cutters made in China. the gear I am cutting is a 45 teeth gear 24 DP for the # 1 lathe.