Jerry Marcantel
04-03-2013, 11:03 PM
Roger couldn't figure out what I was describing in the way I make mills, so pictures speak volumes. As I said, the holes don't have to align if you do it my way.
#1 258963 I've roughed out the OD 2 1/2" and chamber height, 9", plus my bottom detail at the tailstock. My cut to split the top from the chamber is towards the top, leaving me a 2 1/4" tenon.
#2 258964 Top and chamber is cut and ready to drill.
#3258965 I drill out a 1 3/4" x 1/2+ deep hole. Directions say 1 5/8", but you should be able to drill whatever you want over 1 5/8".
#4258966 the 1 1/16" hole is just about done. It's 9" deep.
#5258967 This is a pretty bad picture, but it's looking through the chuck ghost and depicts the drill bit ready to poke through. The pyrimid shadow is a wood thickness of 1/16". I wasn't paying attention to that end once, and drilled into my chuck. That was a bummer and a wake up call to know where the end of the bit is.
#6258969 Thew hole is done, and not time to set up my mortise on the top. I drill a 1 3/8" hole 3/8" deep.
#7258970 My other secret weapon for making mills. The smallest diameter is 1/4" for doing the top after the 1/4' hole is drilled. Different perspective is shown in another later. The OD is 1 1/16". The small holes on the steps were to indicate where to put the screws, but when I did those, they were off quite a bit, so I don't use them.
More later.....Jerry (in Tucson)
#1 258963 I've roughed out the OD 2 1/2" and chamber height, 9", plus my bottom detail at the tailstock. My cut to split the top from the chamber is towards the top, leaving me a 2 1/4" tenon.
#2 258964 Top and chamber is cut and ready to drill.
#3258965 I drill out a 1 3/4" x 1/2+ deep hole. Directions say 1 5/8", but you should be able to drill whatever you want over 1 5/8".
#4258966 the 1 1/16" hole is just about done. It's 9" deep.
#5258967 This is a pretty bad picture, but it's looking through the chuck ghost and depicts the drill bit ready to poke through. The pyrimid shadow is a wood thickness of 1/16". I wasn't paying attention to that end once, and drilled into my chuck. That was a bummer and a wake up call to know where the end of the bit is.
#6258969 Thew hole is done, and not time to set up my mortise on the top. I drill a 1 3/8" hole 3/8" deep.
#7258970 My other secret weapon for making mills. The smallest diameter is 1/4" for doing the top after the 1/4' hole is drilled. Different perspective is shown in another later. The OD is 1 1/16". The small holes on the steps were to indicate where to put the screws, but when I did those, they were off quite a bit, so I don't use them.
More later.....Jerry (in Tucson)