Milling - mmmmmm
 

Got a bit of an advice kinda quest goin on here, and I know theres a few millin gurus around here maybe you could tell me if this would work well for 'small copper' projects, yes 'small copper' projects, :D


Mill Is Here.

Off-hand, yes, that should be good. The 2 HP motor looks great, but you might need to gear up the RPM, and that's a mod.

I'll let Fixittt and Jaydee chime in here.

Ohh yeah that would do it.

Looks almost exactly like the one I am getting next week.

Except mine has a power feed on the table. That thing would do just about anything you want to do.

The 600+ pounds is a pain though!

actually The one that I am getting is mroe this speed

http://www.bellmachineryltd.com/new_kingpdm30.htm

What about CNC converting at a later time - expensive ? -impossible?

Thanks for the replies ben and fixittt.

[EDIT-I gotta learn to type sometime]

a CNC conversion is something that can be done to that mill. Even the Z axis. The knob in front on the head can be used to lower the spindel. Would take some work to moiunt a motor on it. There is no place to bolt on a motor mount. So some fixtures would have to be made. As for the x and y axis, that is no problem. Also, finding stepper motors that can put out that amount of power might be a challenge. But defonitly do-able.