Thank you John
That's a good point, I found it difficult to find "basic stuff" when I started looking to start a little machining so hopefully this sort of thing will be helpful to others ........... and hopefully in a year or two I can look back and see if I've progressed any :
............... This site has been immensely helpful, so thank you all
So far I've found the X2 to be a very capable little machine, the 2 mods I've done I would certainly recommend. I think one further mod in the near future will be a couple of holes in the table as it's filling up with coolant ..... :
........ however not till I get a tray underneath.
Wish list .............
1) Better lighting ............. am investigating
2) Coolant system ............... work in progress (but slow) ........ I do have some idea's though ???
3) Improve my range of work holding clamps etc ......... and will give me practice with both the mill and the lathe
4) X axis power feed ............ my right wrist is doing circles even when I'm asleep 8) ............. so as it's mi' birthday in a couple of months ....... and the gang never know what to buy me ............. ;D
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5) DRO ......... would be nice; but on the back burner for now as there are lots of more basic things that require funding first I'm afraid ???
Same with the lathe really, the 9x20 is a good piece of kit, the qctp coupled with indexable tools has been a very worthwhile investment, once I finish the Doughnut I think that's going to make life a lot easier when turning steel etc or anything fairly large.
Anyway enough waffle ................... apart from ........... :
Having gone to get my other set of jaws for the standard 3 jaw chuck ............. I've found that I don't have any :wall: ..... ??? :
....... so it looks like a new chuck is top of the shopping list ........... any recommendations gang ;D
Dave