Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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G'day everyone,

To kick off the new year I thought I should start with a video that was planned for last year. I know. The video I a look back on the upgrades that I have done to the milling machine and giving you a quick update on the ones that really mattered/improved the mill.

For what its worth, the mill was a much more complete unit than the lathe was, and finding areas to improve it was quite difficult. But eventually I found a few things to do, over the course of 2 1/2 years.



Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
1:49 - DRO/Digital Readout
4:35 - Quick Change Mill Tooling
8:46 - Power Table Feed & Power Head Lift
10:16 - Speed Handle For the Vise
11:16 - Coolant For the Mill (Flood Coolant)
14:11 - Motor Upgrade (3HP Induction)
15:59 - Column Stiffening Bracket
16:51 - Epoxy Granite and Lead to Dampen Vibrations
17:24 - Gib Scraping