So I got a micro mill (hitorque 4700 from littlemachineshop) and for practice I bought a chunk of 6061 aluminum. Now of course it barely fits in my mill with it's limited Z axis, and I don't believe milling it in half would be a good idea as it's a 4x6x17 bar. So after some searching on reddit, it seems I can use a carbide tipped blade in my mitre saw to cut it. (unless anyone has better ideas for me)

My thoughts were for starters to make some 1-2-3 blocks (without the holes for now at least) as practice. Then play with my rotary table (when it gets here).

In general, I bought it to turn it into chips.


I'm just looking for projects I can make with it to help me learn what I'm doing (and figure out what I don't know so I can learn that too).

Thanks.