Help me spend money!

[scottickes]

Scott - u r da man ! Now onto spending another hundred or 2 or 3 on tooling
Drill bit set @ HF are an absolute bargain when they go on sale. HF's 6" digital caliper
is another must-to-have. A decent set of R8 collets (by 1/8" is a good set). Milling
vice. Clamping kit. Indicator to indicate the head true.

I already have all of that. I'm from a machine repair background and have all the precision measuring devices from 0 to 12" that anyone could ever hope for. I have six different dial indicators. I'm all set.

 

[scottickes]

Scott, a few years back Jeff Higgins recommended a complete teardown of the machine for a good cleaning and re-lube in order to get the best accuracy out of that mill. After that his comment was, "Not too bad!". This from a guy who was used to bigger, fancier equipment.

Here is another place to buy mini-mill and machining stuff. They have a good quality of imports. Little Machine Shop

Something Rashid didn't mention was that he changed his plastic gears over to a belt drive after encountering some problems, IIRC. LMS has that kit.

Enjoy your new tool.

Fitzo,
Great website. Now I know where to get replacement parts. Thanks buddy!