Originally Posted by
cstrickland
hoss yes trust me I have seen your machines, and k=like your videos and website . I plan to purchase either a X3 variant or the 0704 from grizzly in the next year or so. right now I am doing some small projects in stainless to earn some extra cash. until I am up and running I can not afford the extra cash just yet for the larger machine
I want to get the mini mill and CNC it. the project I have is drilling a .060" hole in the center of a 5/16 x 3/8" set screw , and then adding a 0.100" wide x .050" deep slot in the bottom of the same screw.
I would like to make a jig to hold a few hundred of these set screw, and run a CNC program that would first cut the slot with a 0.059" OD end mill , and then use the same end mill to bore the hole. The hole will only be about .060" deep , but like I stated I have read that the mill is pretty useless without modifications from the start. and would like others opinions on how true this is ??
after I start making a few batches of these I will have enough to buy a X3 or the 0704 as stated
thanks
charlie