small mill for machining steel. Max spend £500 including computer

[Andrew Wilding]

It's alive!
Did my first tests and it seemed to go ok. Machined some pockets in some scrap mild steel.



the pocket was 30mm x 20 mm and all dimensions seemed to be within 0.01mm of nominal (although this was just a quick check with digi calipers). I will do some more serious machining and see how a bigger part measures.

Cost is a bit over budget as the electrical bits set me back more than expected but I recon the original machine, stock, hardware, motors, controller and computer cost me about £600. That does not include the extra tools I bought to do the job of course, they are an investment!

I have enjoyed the project and have learned a lot from it. I hope you have enjoyed it too.

Thanks