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It worky well for me, wasnt ideal but it got the job done!

I have used ball nose burrs from a die grinder with the same efect as a ball nose end mill, just slower feed, less depth of cut and faster rpm.

I +1 the bearings, little fab work and cheap to replace, I think you can buy them for about 5 bucks a piece at princess auto or lordco. Even skate board bearings would work.

Hi alex, Everything I own is imperial except for a tape measure lol! I learned in imperial when I was doing my automotive engineer course (mechanic) and when I build engines its all measured in imperial so thats what I prefer, but everything we do at work is metric. I can convert pretty...

I found the site on practical machinist. Im in kamloops, about 6 hours away

Thanks Alex, it gets me by. Once I build my big shop I will probably upgrade to a bridgeport or something a little better, power feeds etc. My shop is a little crowded right now as I am restoring a car to

Good alex it is lol!

Here is my mill

Hi janger thank you for the welcome, unfortunately tooling is not what im short of I have purchased a couple of old machinists tool boxes and have ended up with enough tooling to last a life time

Hi Alex if I may or do you prefer alexander? I have spent a few hours on the dials, mostly building the what ever projects and also just making chips For practice. My mill is an old husky 6x26 knee mill. I totally rebuilt it except for the paint I kinda like the patina.