Member postings for Robert Knox 1

I had an Axminster VHM bench mill for a number of years. The gearbox packed up and I sold it. I bought a Warco VMC with power feed on the x axis, no digital readouts yet, but it has done all that I needed and is as good as the day I bought it.

Buy a shotgun mate! A good dose of buckshot solves most rat problems if you don't mind the noise and a few bits flying about . Very satisfying !

I just wanted to say that I worked on industrial milling machines before I retired and I know that they could cope with heavy cuts if required. But nowadays I build stuff for fun and I am in no hurry so the VMC has been a great machine for model engineering size parts but it does have its limits , it ain't a Bridgeport!

Nice one Stewart! When we going to see it in the mag?

I have a VMC mill but I have doubts about putting on big cuts in En24t I don't think the head assembly is rigid enough to cope. By all means do it in aluminium or something but just be careful. If you are really anxious to fit a locking pin there may be enough metal on the flange to do it, maybe fit two small pins, it may be easier.

If you have access to back numbers of Model Engineers Workshop , the August 2010 edition, Mick Knights wrote an article about a Mini Pipe Bender which works well for 1/8" and 3/16" copper pipe, I made one and it does all that he claimed.