My base plate is only 1/2" and the clearance hole around the spindle is square not round since at the time I didn't have a boring head. The motor mount plate...
Hi Guys, Just a quick intro. I have been a member of the 7x12 minilathe group for a while and am coming up to retirement. I live near Calne, Wilstshire, UK. ...
Mike Welcome, nice to see a member on this side of the pond. I'm in the North, in Rossendale, Lancs, on the Pennineswith plenty of water. I have an Axminster...
Malcolm, there are a few of us about in the UK. I am over the other side of the hill to you (some would say the right side) in Leeds Yorks and have the Chester...
Thanks Gerry and Malcolm. Will follow your advice about x-axis access. My mill is Taiwanese made and has 3/4 HP motor. Its substantially bigger than my...
Mike You will soon find your new mill is not big enough ;~) Malcolm  I don't suffer from insanity I enjoy it! Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin The writing is on...
See the photo "Pulley Grooving" in my photo album "Jim E's Additional Photos" <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GrizHFMinimill/photos/album/1948182669/pic/> on...
Barry, the simplest mod to extend the cross-slide travel toward the user to allow you to turn larger diameter pieces (such as the mill belt drive pulley) that...
The comment about moving the nut is correct - it's easy to do. But, unless you extend the spacer you can't move the slide closer to the operator. And in the...
I have DRO on my mill which is a lifestyle changer. I agree on "the whole point of a hobby." But, I want this point of my hobby to be about making the belt...
Just completed my own belt drive mod. Hope to get some pics, and possibly some drawings uploaded when I get the time. I didn't use a baseplate I simply used...
I have posted some photos of my belt drive conversion in the group photos section in the folder Gerry's Belt Drive. Most concentrate on the boring of the new...
Just ordered my first mill! I guess classified as an SX2 perhaps? Along with a 'tooling kit', some smaller/miniature sized end mills.. and a rotary table...
The "Warhammer" mod is the one I was referring to. At the time I did it, someone was offering compatible metric screws that were 2" in length, so it made the...
... I meant something different. I don't want to sign up for all the work of doing that mod as a precursor to doing the belt drive. I'm on 7X12 Lath and 4X6...
Fortunately, the mod's not a lot of work. And the benefits are without question. Yes, they're metric SHCS, but 1.5", not 2" as I'd previously stated. ...
Thanks For putting up the pics Jerry Gives me some more ideas to convert my Warco Mini / Drill I was Just looking at kits for the Seig X2 from across the pond,...
Hi Jim, The cost of the Stirling Steele X2 conversion has become increasingly expensive over the years and with exchange rates, shipping and taxes to consider...
7x10minilathe was and always has been open for political, religious, and shop talk. when no one talks, shop, they talk politics. it can get pretty heavy....
They are either 4 or 5mm (can't remember which) standard metric items. As I didn't have any long cap screws I replaced them with long studs made from...
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May 11, 2012 9:58 pm
Randal, Sorry to be stalking you from RFC. I am on the hunt for one of your rails for an Izhmash BB. Thanks!Joe...
