Mini-Mill Spindle/Column Alignment
This tutorial was written by Earl Hackett, who graciously gave me permission to republish it here. Earl found that even though his mini-mill was trammed correctly, different length drill bits were not...
View ArticleX2 Mini-Mill Mod Reduces Column Flex
There’s an excellent thread over on the Home Model Engine Machinist forum that describes a modification for reducing the X2 mini-mill’s notorious column flex. It looks like it would be fairly simple...
View ArticleInexpensive DIY tachometer for a mill or lathe
Here’s an idea I haven’t seen before. Adam made a very inexpensive tachometer for his variable speed X2 mini-mill using a cyclometer (bicycle speedometer). Almost any wired cyclometer will work and...
View ArticleHow-to: Install a belt-drive on a mini-mill
I wanted to move the belt drive from my old mill to my new CNC mini-mill. Well, the spindle nut didn’t want to come off, which didn’t make sense because I didn’t have any problems putting it on six...
View ArticleHow-to: Remove the intermediate gear from a mini-mill
This photo essay will show you how to remove the intermediate gear and shift lever from the head of a Sieg Industries X2 mini-mill [HF 44991, Grizzly G8689, Micro-Mark & others]. It also explains...
View ArticleDial Indicator Helps Set Z-axis Height
I bought an old Federal dial indicator from a retired machinist that had a big flat donut-shaped magnet glued on its back. I almost passed it up because it was kind of ugly, but it has turned out to...
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