Hi All
Thanks for the reply’s. I did think about buying a XY table but there would be a lot of machining to fit the rails and ball screws that I have.
I am only looking for reasonable accuracy for this mill. I understand that watch parts meet higher precision.
When I say watch parts I should have clarified, I plan to make some parts of the the plate, the pockets in brass the rest would be made in the watchmakers lathe. I would aso like to use it for making the some of the steel springs.
I plan to fit a 4th axis for gear cutting must of the gear work I plant to do on the schaublin 70 lathe abs the Deckel G1L pantograph. Then use the mill to cut the teeth.
I also plan to use it to make jig fixtures. I already have NSK 20mm rails and C5 ground ball screws. The cutting area will be 200 X150mm.
I am leaning towards getting the rails and plates made the rails will be 20 X 500mm and embed them into the epoxy granite. I will post a pic of what I am planning so there is a better idea of what I’m thinking.
I have a G penny 2.2kw metal cutting spindle ordered, for now that will do but I do plan to upgrade the spindle down the road.
To get the rails and plates made it’s coming in at around 1500 euro so I sappose I am looking for a bit of input on my design before I spend the money on the steel.