Your 2 flute mills are better for slotting most materials not just aluminium, now you have a mill the extra Tnuts you bought are excess, you can make your own. Also unless you do a lot of angle work take the swivel off the vice, they are not very accurate or rigid and it will reflect in your finished work.
From the sound of the power feed, your gears are to tight. Put a piece of paper between the gears when you tighten the bolts, then rotate the gears to expel the the paper.
I just came across your post, I have the same mill, IMO your X feed is too tight. Loosen it, put a piece of paper between the gears, retighten, manually, turn the x axis and roll the paper out from between those gears. Grease the gears and all will be good. Dont keep that x feed that tight
Thank you for your time in providing all the info., I was planning Grizzly g0704 but , you open my eyes to a better choice, can you please supply the link for the DRO, o insallation for it, I am new to this trade.
could you do me a fovor ? could you traverse your machine all the way to the left in the x axis. I need to know when in this position what is the distance from the center of the machine to the outermost point with the power feed installed. I'm trying to find out if I have enough room for the power feed on a pm-25.
I suggest for oiling up under the table on your x axis ways, you need a proper pump type oil can. The plastic squeeze bottle style doesn't push oil when pointing upward. You weren't oiling anything in the video when demonstrating that bit, just blowing air on the ways.
@@industrialebikes4956 call that a win then! (Of course some would say it is an expensive way to buy an oil can but whatever works...) Actually you could also tell people you got a free lathe with the oil can you needed to buy for your mill. That would sound much more impressive!
Thanks for taking the time to post that.
Nice overview thanks. I think when I get a lathe it will be a Precision Matthews.
Hope to have my mill running again soon.
Thanks for compiling this information!
Quinn from BlondiHacks recommends a square pipe plug socket for the drawbar.
In general what would say repeatability tolerance is like for the pm-25mv?
Your 2 flute mills are better for slotting most materials not just aluminium, now you have a mill the extra Tnuts you bought are excess, you can make your own. Also unless you do a lot of angle work take the swivel off the vice, they are not very accurate or rigid and it will reflect in your finished work.
I have since taken the swivel off of my vise. I am much happier without the swivel.
2 flute end mills are better for cutting aluminum than 4 flute. Nice setup!
2 flute End Mills are center cutters, and multiple flutes those can be center cutters or non-center cutters
Good video; thanks!
Awesome video
From the sound of the power feed, your gears are to tight. Put a piece of paper between the gears when you tighten the bolts, then rotate the gears to expel the the paper.
I just came across your post, I have the same mill, IMO your X feed is too tight. Loosen it, put a piece of paper between the gears, retighten, manually, turn the x axis and roll the paper out from between those gears. Grease the gears and all will be good. Dont keep that x feed that tight
Great idea
Great video. 1 question. Where do u get your metal stock from?
Corrections: (1) I was often referring to the quill as the spindle, and (2) 1/2" T-Slot nuts are too big! I use 7/16" with 3/8"-16 thread T-Slot nuts.
File or grind when you have a mill?
Thank you for your time in providing all the info., I was planning Grizzly g0704 but , you open my eyes to a better choice, can you please supply the link for the DRO, o insallation for it, I am new to this trade.
www.precisionmatthews.com
could you do me a fovor ? could you traverse your machine all the way to the left in the x axis. I need to know when in this position what is the distance from the center of the machine to the outermost point with the power feed installed. I'm trying to find out if I have enough room for the power feed on a pm-25.
Thankyou for the video. Are you happy with the size of this machine? Im in the market....
Does your spindle get hot when milling or running at no load?
Greta video thank you! Who is the other RUclipsr you mentioned that recommended the parallel set?
ruclips.net/user/blondihacks is the person he's talking about.
How's the rigidity when milling steel?
I suggest for oiling up under the table on your x axis ways, you need a proper pump type oil can. The plastic squeeze bottle style doesn't push oil when pointing upward. You weren't oiling anything in the video when demonstrating that bit, just blowing air on the ways.
I just got a proper oil can yesterday with my lathe order.
@@industrialebikes4956 call that a win then! (Of course some would say it is an expensive way to buy an oil can but whatever works...)
Actually you could also tell people you got a free lathe with the oil can you needed to buy for your mill. That would sound much more impressive!
does it come with the dro
Metric to Standard? You mean Standard to Inch.
This may be a good video but I can't hear a word you're saying bro.
how did you get so many subs so fast?
How much for this Machine?
Depends on the options (e.g., DRO). Check the Precision Matthews website.
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Same price plus shipping to India.
What's wrong with you people who create videos that you cannot hear! Don't you ever go back and listen to the video.
Soon as you mentioned blondie hacks I had to stop watching.
Yep....that Blondie dude freaks me out!
Just had a look see. What the fck did I just stumble into? I apparently took a wrong left turn in Albuquerque.