Let's See Your Mill

[Sunset Machine]

I've got something like that too, but an older one with a round pipe for a column and no electronics. Downsides are too much slop in the spindle housing and fixed dials on the handwheels, but I find it handy nonetheless. 3/4" endmill, .050" DOC in steel and a mild air blast works pretty good, no cutting fluids needed.

Busy Bee called it a mill/drill, but I really didn't expect much from it as a mill (pleasantly surprised). It looks like a drill press, I bought it as a drill press, and it's a nice drill press with the built-in X-Y table (9 x 31 or so, about 3 inches thick), the swinging head extends the working area even more. Step drilling can be a nuisance, raising the head loses position but if I poke the bigger bit at the hole (spindle off), it's easy to see a deflection. Rubber mallet right or left and it's back on track. Same sort of problems with a regular drill press when lowering the table.