Frankenmill: Bridgeport J head onto Victoria U2

[Pete O]

I had a look and it would be simple enough to drill a few grease passages into the dovetails on the top of the column, a horizontal hole from the side of the machine into the internal angle, then a vertical hole from the top surface to intersect it and a grease 'zerk' (we call them grease nipples here, don't laugh) threaded into the outside. I could sort that out while the paint dries.
   

That aside, I've just done something really annoying; tapping a hole to attach the tilt azimuth / scale, I've broken an M5 tap in the nosepiece.