Hi David I saw your video several years ago and thought your idea was so good that I also wanted to do it on my WMD30V. I forgot all about it and only today I mounted some heavy duty laser cut brackets from my WMD30 onto a brick wall. All I can say is WOW, what a difference!! Thank you so much for sharing this awesome hack. Best Regards Michael
Mr. Lemereis thank you for in insight. I 'm very new in mill and machinist's work. These are the think that did not take into consecration., getting into the hobby. Thank you again!!
As Frank Spencer said, it is not the column. You mounted the dial on the wall and punched the mill. But the mills are standing on wobbly double T sections. Mount the stands to the floor and you wont have to brace the machines to the wall. The test would be meaningful if the dial was touching the spindle and mounted on the cross table. On second thought, maybe its just that the stands that are flimsy. But its not the columns fault, thats for sure.
Yeap....i did not notice that the dial was mounted on the table, the thing is to make it steady as a reference on it's own axis, not the house. But....the machine is bolted on 2 places, one on the column and one on the machine base, so maybe this is a night practice anyway. A test with a dial indicator on the table and the spindle will say the truth.
Hi gnttechnologies. Did you watch the movie from beginning to end? The movie explains your question unless I don't understand your question properly. Greetings!
I love your solution. The movement of the column is something I've suspected with my own mill drill for some time. However, you left out the best part. How has the surface finish of milled pieces improved? Could you show us? Especially, side milling on mild steel. Thank you.
Dave Lee I always ask for side milling results in 6061 but no one seems to want to talk about anything other than how well their fly cutter finish looks. For me time spent milling isnt nearly as important as the finish so as long as there is a speed at which the mill can side mill an ideal finish pass I am satisfied. Of course I am talking about CNC converted mills as I just got an amazing deal on a brand new G0704 with complete conversion that was never completed by the previous owner. Just wish the column was bolted to the top and not the back of the base like the PM25 & PM30.
David, I am about to buy one of these mills and I was wondering how solid is the cabinet? Would I be better of making my own out of 50/50/5 angle or are these cabinets ok? Also, a trick to dampen vibration is to coil garden hose up inside a pipe or column... maybe an experiment worth doing?
Hi David
I saw your video several years ago and thought your idea was so good that I also wanted to do it on my WMD30V. I forgot all about it and only today I mounted some heavy duty laser cut brackets from my WMD30 onto a brick wall.
All I can say is WOW, what a difference!!
Thank you so much for sharing this awesome hack.
Best Regards
Michael
Mr. Lemereis thank you for in insight. I 'm very new in mill and machinist's work. These are the think that did not take into consecration., getting into the hobby. Thank you again!!
As Frank Spencer said, it is not the column. You mounted the dial on the wall and punched the mill. But the mills are standing on wobbly double T sections. Mount the stands to the floor and you wont have to brace the machines to the wall. The test would be meaningful if the dial was touching the spindle and mounted on the cross table. On second thought, maybe its just that the stands that are flimsy. But its not the columns fault, thats for sure.
Yeap....i did not notice that the dial was mounted on the table, the thing is to make it steady as a reference on it's own axis, not the house.
But....the machine is bolted on 2 places, one on the column and one on the machine base, so maybe this is a night practice anyway.
A test with a dial indicator on the table and the spindle will say the truth.
Hi gnttechnologies. Did you watch the movie from beginning to end? The movie explains your question unless I don't understand your question properly.
Greetings!
David, Great solution! Can you edit the video to show the attachment to the top of the head?
I love your solution. The movement of the column is something I've suspected with my own mill drill for some time. However, you left out the best part. How has the surface finish of milled pieces improved? Could you show us? Especially, side milling on mild steel. Thank you.
Dave Lee I always ask for side milling results in 6061 but no one seems to want to talk about anything other than how well their fly cutter finish looks. For me time spent milling isnt nearly as important as the finish so as long as there is a speed at which the mill can side mill an ideal finish pass I am satisfied. Of course I am talking about CNC converted mills as I just got an amazing deal on a brand new G0704 with complete conversion that was never completed by the previous owner. Just wish the column was bolted to the top and not the back of the base like the PM25 & PM30.
Brilliant idea, keep up the good work! :)
GREAT idea man 😎
Thanks for sharing!!!
Hi! I was wondering by how much you elevated the stand to get to your work height. I am 180 as well and I am looking to make my own stand.
David,
I am about to buy one of these mills and I was wondering how solid is the cabinet? Would I be better of making my own out of 50/50/5 angle or are these cabinets ok?
Also, a trick to dampen vibration is to coil garden hose up inside a pipe or column... maybe an experiment worth doing?
hard rubber
I guess my U.S. Burke Millrite mill isn't so bad compared to one of these machine