Easy Lathe Milling Attachment

well done....cheers from Florida,Paul

well done thanks for sharing

Smart idea!

Thank Thor and Wotan! A good video without all the unnecessary yakking going on and on and on. Also, the vid has been trimmed so we don't have to watch the hours and hours that actuially went into making this. BTW, GREAT! milling attachment!

Very creative, simple, smart.

Nice. Did with my Boxford and 10 inch Atlas. Gonna do it with my 6Inch. nice stuff.

What quick change tool post is that?

That’s a Great idea. I have a 6” Atlas Lathe just like your Craftsman. I’m guessing yours is a 6”. Is there any other modifications you have done to your Lathe?

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is this plate 3x2.5x2?? seems bigger to me but that could be an illusion. Nice easy build. Going to try it. Just unsure about angle plate dimensions. Thanks

Interesante , buna demestraciones .

I would have put the set screws in the swivel base at 90 or 120 degrees instead of 180 but other than that I really like what you've done. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks for the video, please let me know the instrument that you have used to draw center line on the disc. Subscribed,

Thanks for the vid. I have the same lathe in Atlas, what size angle plate did you use?

Smart!

Hi. I am new to home machining. Enjoying your videos. What model of Craftsman lathe are you using? Thank you in advance

Where did you get the angle plate?

wow. I've been trying to figure out a way to make a milling attachment and work holder using ONLY the lathe itself... and here it is! Thanks, this is a really smart idea.

Where did you get the angle plate?

This makes a lot more sense than trying to mill on a drill press.

How's the deflection compared to say a Palmgren? Watching you mill the work holder it seems as if it's a lot more stable than I would have given it credit for. I've got a clapped out Atlas 12" and it's got a ton of slop in it. Maybe having the spindle holding the tooling vs having it in the lathe tool post makes a difference?


Overall awesome, a creative solution to an ageless problem.

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I think you’ve got some pretty serious wear related run out in your main chuck spindle.

Nice so far but brought back a comment a foreman on a machine shop try and tell me his Shop teacher in college told the class, the only machine that can make its selfe is a mill, I quickly told him he was full of shit.
A lathe can make a lathe, you just have to redesign the whole way it is made and works.
Don't live in the same box his teacher taught him.
For every objection he gave me it can't make this or that I came back with a response right off how it could be done.
Just because Bridgeports are made like this doesn't mean they can't be made like that.
Now because you ahve turned a lath into a mill part time, and you can turn a drill press into a makeshift lathe or mill
I think you could do this with about any machine in a shop you just have to work out the details.
How do you think the stuff we use today was invented. Metalworking used to be done by hand.

Very good

Did the direction you milled the clamp make a difference for good cutting, and at what RPM did you do the milling? Thanks for the video!

Great Job Bloke Thanks for the Vid and Inspiration.

Clever idea and well executed!

very helpful video ...keep doing...thank you !!

Thanks for the sairing

Aside from the fact that you already have a milling machine, two grub screws on the compound slide holding everything together? . Nice idea though.

That's a very ingenious way to make your metal lathe more versatile.

I'm guna rush out and get a milling masheen. So I can make a milling attachment for my lathe. M

I have no idea what you are doing wrong, you have some of the worst surface finishes I have ever seen.  Do you have a lot of play in your gibbs or have a chatter problem?

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Nice idea brother!

I made this same attachment when i was just 15 yrs old ..we did not have millin in our workshop my dad always use to give me ideas to use envill cutters on lathe ..have done several type of milling..slotting ..keyway jobs on lathe itself ...my passion keeps getting enhace ...nice attachment

Good work. Strong, simple, split!!! Just what you need for small milling operations. NICE!!!

This video explains the mystery parts I found when I bought an Atlas 6-18 that hadn't been used for 20 years! Now I can mill! Many thanks.

nice it's inspiring

I gotta try this. Thanks for posting.

Nice.

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Looks like the cylinder you are boring on the lathe is wobbling - the boring bar is bouncing on the work. You might try checking for movement in the spindle and carriage and parts under a load and with a dial indicator.

The proportions of the slides on that Lathe are just wrong. The Apron isn't wide enough and same goes for the Cross Slide. Tailstock is also too small for the length of the Lathes bed....Its incorrectly proportioned basically..

Is the lethe a 109

Nice mod well executed and filmed.

Very clever and well done.

Very creative! You’ve got that Atlas rigged up nice and humming! Very nice indeed! Chip on bro!