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I recently became a watchmaking student, and I can't afford a watchmaker's lathe and all the collets that you need to really do anything.
This doesn't normally matter though- I have my own school...

I've got a problem. A friend of mine, a watchmaking student, is trying to turn what I believe to be electrical connector grade standard
copper bar on a nice Levin watchmaker's instrument lathe, and...

Yes, but no CNC. It's not that I couldn't convert, it's just that I don't find CNC as fun. I'm more of a belt and pulley guy, I like mechanical complexity in
the simplest terms, like a watch...

I see them now, that's a good design. I will have to try making myself one.

Sir, you have bested me. HOLY SH*T :banana:

Yes, I know I can take the Z headstock off the dovetail with the one screw. And I've thought of using gang tooling and making the 90 degree Z axis
a...

Thank you- this makes sense enough to convince me.

I wonder- if I ordered an X axis screw from Taig, if they could make one 2-3" longer for a small price.... I keep thinking, I'd like to try...

Yes, I know- I just didn't have a 0.0001" inch mic- I have a set of Starrett 0.001 mm mics- I planned on doing clock and watch work in metric as my main starting focus
when I got into machining,...

Why am I doing all this? The Taig's biggest flaw in my opinion is that it has so little Z travel. I always have barely enough room for at
least one dimension in my projects. If you haven't noticed,...

Guys, believe me- I thought of just buying the X Axis leadscrew from the beginning.

Problem with that is, the X & Z axis screws are threaded opposite. One is left hand thread, the other is right...

TX Fred,

Definitely. I hadn't forgot about that part.

Do you know about Shapelock?

I have Shapelock, a wonderful thermoplastic compound. I planned on sealing the bottom
area with the nut...

Fixittt, I can't really see what you are talking about in the pic, sorry. Extremely nice setup you have, though- what mill is that? It looks custom made.

If I want perfect accuracy, I realize I...

Hi everyone.

I have an ambitious project planned to make a new Z axis column from scratch with extended travel for my Taig mill-
nearly doubling my Z axis travel, and a radical new mounting for...

I have an odd problem- I have a Taig mill, and a manual Sherline rotary table as my 4th axis, as many others do.

I need to make a replacement part for it- but here's the kicker: it's finish ground...

Hi all,

I'm a young machinist working for a tungsten carbide tooling manufacturer, and I have my own small Taig mill. I'm looking to make a tooling plate/matrix plate for my mill
better than...

Underthetire, did you wear that working as a grinder? I will look into this type.

Douglas, I have seen some with supposed "orbital seals" made of foam- they are almost always biker goggles. I have...

I just found work after a long time unemployed, but it is working in a Tungsten Carbide facility-
and I will be grinding and machining green carbide all day, from 5 to sub micron dust!

I am...

Yes, I am aware of that thread, because if you look, I have already posted there.

Neither thread seems to have any concrete response from more than one person to answer the question. That is why I...

Anyone? It just seems too good to be true. I can unbolt the z axis way, and rebolt it up higher on the column?

Who here has indeed done this before, and how high up can you move it safely? I would...

Bear with me, I'm a beginning machinist. I work in a small production shop, but I myself am still green.

I acquired a Kurt II 4" vice for my own personal home use on my 4 axis Taig mill, and while...

I'm going to be frank. I am an amateur machinist, and a beginner. I'm asking here because I just don't know enough yet.

I have a Taig manual mill, and today I picked up my first dovetail cutter....

Wow- I had no idea so many people just used automotive fluids for this (ATF, 10W30, etc).
I just disassembled the entire mill ways for cleaning, in prep for mounting a new bellows set I made, and it...

HOLY JEEBUS- Take a look at the amazing drill press conversion he did for the Taig Mill head!!

I must make one of those. NOW. It's brilliant- but there are no build logs I can find :(

Still, I...

Thank you for the advice very much. It is good to know I can even do this- I didn't know before I bought the Taig that I would run into this problem, but I also didn't know I could even unbolt the Z...

I actually had a similar problem awhile ago. Mine was more complex- I needed to cut a proportionally tapering oval cam at a set taper, for a special device I'm prototyping.

I haven't got the...

See the thread above this one in the forum- I was about to do just that- unbolt and rescrew the Z axis ways. So it can be done? 3 minutes- you don't reindicate it??

We are all having the same...

I JUST had the exact same idea, and just logged on, and just went to the Taig section to see if anyone had done this before.

And this was the top post. That's creepy!

I think you have a great...

I'm having trouble finding anything in cold-rolled steel plate, especially in that size. Ideally, I'd like it with both sides flat ground/precision ground, as I'm using it to mount a mill to for...

No one knows anyone that carries a face/shell mill for the Taig? Can anyone point out a shell mill of Taig size, that would work if I had to make an adapter?

I really need one of these. I need to...

I'd have to say- both. Availability of MTSs (mill report sheets) would be most helpful when buying, I imagine- some may wish to see them beforehand to choose. PDF by email to interested buyers might...

I honestly can't believe I'm saying this, because I've looked at nearly everyone online that sells any kind of metal, but for what you have up right now- just aluminum plate- your prices are not bad....