Manual Mills

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So I just looked at the list and manual mills look still up in the air with respect to authorization or not. Do we have a teacher now?

In the old space, nobody taught manual so when I asked about the Brigeport after Paul left, I was told you’re on your own. I figured it out to index and mill some hex bar out of round Al w/o losing any digits.

I by no means could teach a class on how to properly mill something but I could get by om a safety class. (Set RPMs, how to attach jig to table, moving stock, where to not put your bleedy bits and appendages. )

So what is the deal with these mills now?

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There is a manual milling class for the Bridgeport. I just took it a few weeks ago and I think I’ve seen it pop up on the calendar pretty regular since I joined. Rust is the instructor.

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I want to know where the bridgeport is!

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Am I taking crazy pills? It’s right next to the cnc mill. Or are you saying there used to be a Bridgeport brand mill?

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I’m saying the mill/drill only approximates a bridgeport in that it has a spindle and a table.

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and not all right angle grinders are DOTCOs either ya ya we get it lol

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I’d hardly call that a fair comparison. Most right angle grinders operate in pretty much the same way a real Dotco does. I’d like to see somebody try to nod or tilt the head on the mill/drill. Actually I don’t want to see that.

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tenor grats again

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In the past, other leads looked at the ENCO was looked at as an over glorified drill press. …I don’t look at it that way.

There is a lot that can be done with that ENCO and there are a lot of ways to easily destroy one of the $20+ end mills we’re starting to get for the machine.

Send me a couple photos of your milling projects, and I’ll see about making sure the manual milling switch is flipped for you.

Also, you may have just painted a target on your back by saying you have used the indexing head… A few people have shown interest in learning how to use the 4th axis and the dividing head for the enco. Lol