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A bit of vibration causes my mill head to drop resulting in a cutter crash, gouges the work piece and knocks the column out of perpendicular. So far I havent stripped the plastic gear on the motor shaft, but I figured it was time to do something. These mini mills use a torsion spring to counter...

After much searching I was kindly given a piece of high carbon steel(25mm dia x 130mm long) by the gent at Zaya Metals in Montague gardens. You could say this pic is sponsored by Zaya Metals. :) The complete unit bolted together. Currently using 3 standoffs between the gearbox and angle...

Thanks, that was my plan to make a dividing head/ rotary table. There doesnt seem to be any backlash trying to wiggle it by hand, but we'll see once I have a keyed spindle in there.

After 3 days of flops and tribulations, I finally have an angle plate, shown mounted on my mill table. The next stage is searching for some 25mm dia steel bar to mount a 4 jaw chuck on the end and all will be complete.

A dividing head/ rotary table can rotate minute steps of a degree. So you can cut 4 sides on a round threaded rod to make square drive bolts, commonly used on quick change tool posts on the lathe. Or you can lay out a precise pitch circle dia with any bolt hole pattern, like 5 bolts on a 120mm...

Definitely, I paid R400 plus for a 1m length of 30mm dia teflon. Doubt it would be strong enough to hold the fixture while milling gears.

Jip, I've settled on cast as its easier to mill, already made a cardboard mockup from the cereal box to check sizes and clearances.

I've been building an arduino uno driven stepper indexer, waiting for Monday so the shops can open for a flex coupler and m4 allen bolts and then the testing/playing can begin. Basically its an upgrade over a standard dividing head for the mill, no need to calculate how many holes past how...

KZOR did a review.

I use this one from Machinery mart, suction feed, still need a compressor. You're going to need to reload that Midas gravity hopper often. https://www.adendorff.co.za/product/mac-afric-sand-blast-gun-with-pipe-nozzles/

I'll save you 1 bloomberg ... I voted Papua. :D

60/40 on the Dwarv and 70/30 on the Citadel.

Not that Im throwing my hat into the ring, I'm busy in the workshop on other things. However, I did stick a K type thermocouple probe connected to a MT630 temp meter under the coil about 2 wraps in. Its a 9 wrap SS #26 wire running at 33 w, measured 225 ºC after 4 sec, on top of the wire in...

My bad, I was there about a year ago, didnt know they'd changed the lineup. I vaguely recall something about Blck Vapour being in kenilworth, but cant find anything on google.

Vape Cartel is just around the corner from you, Main Rd Plumstead.

I'd go for the Papua, if it dies it might be easier to repair. Electronics dont live forever. :)

Finally decided I need a DRO on my mill, went the cheap route with a caliper from Machinery Mart. The nice thing is that you can touch the work piece and then zero the vernier and then drill to a precise depth, something not possible with the oem analog scale.

Not really, you know that narrow space between the fridge and the broom cupboard... :)

My broom cupboard reveals that Im super creative... according to the folk at Minnesota. :D Vape section is pretty much the same. Of course the down side is that I spend a lot of time looking for things.

Probably the nicest one. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3926914