Mini Mill

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Contents

Tutorial

Vice Clamping

Vice Clamping.jpg

Piece Clamping

Piece Clamping.jpg

Mini Mill

Mini Mill.jpg

Cleaning

  1. Light Machine Oil

Cleaning Light Oil.jpg

  1. by Hand

Cleaning Mill by Hand.jpg

Light Oil Examples

Light Oil Examples.jpg

Clamping Vice Overview

Clamping Vice Overview.jpg

Closeup Clamp Angle

Closeup Clamp Angle.jpg (Use Washers if needed)

Parallels

Mill Parallels.jpg

Putting in a Piece

Putting in a Piece.jpg

Chucking against not-square

Chucking against non-square.jpg

R8 Endmills and Collets

R8 Endmills and Collets.jpg

  1. TiN vs HSS (Aluminum vs Steel)
  2. 2flute/4flute
Center-cutting vs Non-center-cutting

Center-cutting Non-center-cutting.jpg

Damaged vs New

Damaged vs New Endmills.jpg

Putting in endmill

Putting in Endmill.jpg

Proper length of endmill

Length of Endmill.jpg

Z-axis lock and gear

Z-Axis Lock.jpg

E-stop, speed

E-stop speed.jpg

Pulleys (currently low speed)

Pulleys.jpg

Squaring

Squaring Mill Piece.jpg

Clamping in Screwless Vice

Screwless Vice.jpg

Edge finding / center finding

Center Finding.jpg Edge Finding.jpg

Layout

Layout.jpg

Types of Cutting

Plunge Cutting.jpg Climb Cutting.jpg Conventional Cutting.jpg

Speeds and Feeds

  1. blue/gold chips

Manuals

Personal tools