SIEG SU1 knee mill comes with a milling head that lacks a quill. To do horizontal milling requires dissasembly of the vertical head, taking it out and plugging it into the horizontal mounting position; quite a hassle.
The SIEG X1 comes with a nice milling head, albeit at a smaller Morse-2 taper.
Take the milling head of the X1 and put it on the SU1; now we have a nice little knee mill with a permanent horizontal / milling milling heads.
The finished machine:
Before the conversion:
the SU1:
A pair of X1. One of them was used for this conversion; the other kept complete as original.
Some progress photos:
Looking ahead, this machine will receive a CNC upgrade...
Thanks for looking.
The SIEG X1 comes with a nice milling head, albeit at a smaller Morse-2 taper.
Take the milling head of the X1 and put it on the SU1; now we have a nice little knee mill with a permanent horizontal / milling milling heads.
The finished machine:
Before the conversion:
the SU1:
A pair of X1. One of them was used for this conversion; the other kept complete as original.
Some progress photos:
Looking ahead, this machine will receive a CNC upgrade...
Thanks for looking.