...in which we discover milling machines are one of the Things Tiggers Like Best.





After getting the lathe set up to my satisfaction, attention was turned to the milling machine we spoke of in Chapter 1.

A clearing off and a good tidy of the bench was followed by a chip tray and installation of new way-covers.

Next, the fun bit in which the head was torn down and rebuilt, during which the plastic gears that drive the spindle were replaced with a two-speed belt drive. That pretty much has the entire machine rebuilt, now.

This whole workshop reconfigure has been a fun project. I have to score another set of metric spanners and look into a tachometer, yet. I also am keeping my eyes open for a couple more toolholders for the lathe; left- and right-angled 1/4" holders for the old style "lantern" toolpost.