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If you're like me, then you will buy all premium parts and a really good barrel and you will come out the other end at around $1,500 - $2,000 into one AR15 :wall::hDe::fan: But, if you play your cards right and do your research, one can put together a mid grade AR15 for around $800. You can...

Sweet Setup! So yeah, once I got past the $3,000 I dropped to get my shop up and running and all setup with mini mill, compressor, drill press, etc, I got a jig and some lower receivers. I had no shop even before I started this project... I didn't even know what milling meant 1 yr ago almost...

The thing was just a beast (the solid column kit that is). I scratched out my 4 80% AR15 lower receivers in no time... Everybody calls me crazy all the time for driving to get the answers to this stuff and this pays off every time. I had all the bugs chased out before starting the project... I...

It did. And it did! :) She has arrived and I pretty much converted the necessary parts of my X2 to this Solid Column. A couple notes on this: 1.) Dang, the thing is way more sturdy than the X2 column. Its just beefier. 2.) I followed pretty much what this guy did...

Here's my whole problem with this: So, my "sweep" was initially out to the far ends of the table (so close to 15 inches apart total - meaning 7.5 inches from the spindle on each side). I then took a way tighter sweep at about the distance of the bolts... It seemed that I was off about the same...

Hey All! I am finally to the tramming stage of this mini mill! I basically took a Harbor Freight X2 Clone (model 44991) mini mill and fit it to the LMS solid kit.. The thing is awesome (See this thread about this: Does the LMS solid column conversion kit make a big difference?). Ok, so I am...

Hey All, Ok, a couple noobtacular questions that I absolutely cannot find the answer to anywhere... So I will ask you all. Here goes: 1.) The Dataflute End Mills... So like the ones here: https://heritagecutter.com/dataflute/publicstore/catalog/AFI,117.aspx I want to get AFIST30375 on...

Thanks Zoltan! I just got done ordering the Solid Column Kit from LMS. Can't wait till it gets here!

***The thing that really bothers me at the moment however on my whole setup is the perceived runout I think I have on the spindle/quill of this machine that I only noticed when the drawbar cover is removed from the top of the mill head (as you remove this cover doing the belt drive...

Yeah, I would have totally done this too had I known... I found a crap to of info here also: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/benchtop-machines/159839-lms-solid-column-conversion-kit-make-big.html Pretty much answers all of my questions... I am assuming with the fixed base you would use shims if...

So, doing a simple google search, I think this is the mod?: http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=4483&category=1311958022 Now, it says at the bottom of this link: The Solid Column Conversion Kit can be used with older (X2) mini mills with the addition of one part...

Hey all, so I got stoooooopid busy right after this post I made above right around the 4th of July and literally dropped any work whatsoever on my mini mill :) I just recently picked it back up again. I did the belt drive conversion on my mill the other night. I used this one...

Rudydubya (and all), great thread! So, I recently purchased the Harbor Freight 4491 Seig X2 mini mill. I am going to outfit it with the mod in this thread. I am looking for a 1/2" x 4" x 10" steel plate like what has been recommended in this thread and I am struggling to say the least here...