Fingers crossed it'll cut ally

[blackburn mark]

there are two things im dreading on this build....
hole sawing 25mm for the Y screw and drilling and tapping the bed plate

up to now iv used my diy spindle to do all my drilling and i was gagging to to be able to say id done the whole build with it and a tiny cowells 90 lathe:dance: however.... i think i may need to stop f***ing around and borrow a heafty drill

there is probably loads more stuff i should be flapping about but at this point i cant see past the drilling and tapping..... more drilling and tapping.... and!!!..... b***cks!!


for now i decided not to support the floating bearing on the Z screw, the housing that came with it seem such a waste of valuable space... ill make a low profile one if i have trouble with it whipping around