Lathe / Milling for dummies

[kingcreaky]

Good Day all,

thought id start a new thread through fear I wont get any responses in my build thread

As part of my machine build, I am going to have to try some milling... I have a lathe with a miller on it. But ive never used it.

It presently has a drill chuck (which I am led to believe is dangerous to mill with) and I should change it for a mill head




Ive tried to find information about what taper the mill head will accept but Ive found varying facts the more I look, therefore I decided safest way would be to look at the actual taper. So I popped off the drill chuck and this is what I have to play with





My question I guess, is as follows

Do I buy a "MT3" collet taper chuck or "MT2" etc

also, can anybody recommend one imparticular? I probably need to get the collet set aswell.

In an ideal world; It would ideal if the same collet set worked on my water cooled 2.2kw spindle (I havent yet bought) for my cnc build.. But that might just be too lucky

while im here Il ask another question if im able

1.) this bad-boy is going to get in the way of my milling area... so how do I remove it


I note the rustyness! this is because my garage roof at present is metal sheeting which condensates. Im pulling it off this weekend, boarding it.. then felting it, then putting metal sheets back on. not to mention re-homing the machine


thanks in advance for your responses

matt