Help with drill-Mill conversion

[Ross77]

Re: long drill and tap - quick n dirty fix

In your lathe with the appropriate tapping drill (6.8mm?), drill into a length of 3/8" bar , grind a small flat on the drill, insert it into the bar and dot-punch into the flat - it should hold well enough to drill into the quill

Similarly, drill a hole just small than the square end of your M8 tap and hammer the tap into it .

Now you tell me.. cheers any way. may still need to do that.

Attached some pics of the progress so far. My brain must be playing tricks on me, I could have sworn it was 125mm last time I measured it. M8x100mm bolts on order, so see how it goes.

Seen a few other modded drills on the net and the ones that seem to work are like mine, with the X-Y table mounted on the base(lose the flexible table) and then lower the head to suit.

There will be no going back once I cut the pinch groove in the head casing..