This will be my spring-time resurrection project. Hence my recent acquisition of a grubby old Atlas MFC mill. I did that with assistance from a friend who has a Bridgeport.Īs I get more projects that require more milling than lathe work I find myself wanting a mill.
But that is available only as a raw iron casting and requires full machining. Some other tasks required more elaborate attachments.
Gearcutting is another possibi8lity but I have not attempted that yet. Another project was indexing mounting holes in a round flange. I have also cut V-grooves in small brass and aluminum vise jaws with excellent results. I used the Atlas milling attachment to cut a Woodruff slot on a 3/4" shaft, very successfully. x,y,z.Ī few added accessories and you can do a lot with your Atlas lathe. Lathe/mill that actually has a mini mill built on top of the lathe the Palmgren is basically a vise that can be moved vertically and when mounted on the cross slide of the lathe can be movedįrom front to back and from right to left. If I had my 'drothers I would like a bigger table with more travel, but the mini lathe is far and above the little milling device that came with the lathe. It's no Bridgeport (actually far from it), but I've found it to be a very useful tool that I often use it more I also have a G8689 mini mill that I got thrown in with the lathe (and tons of other stuff) I really didn't think at the time that I would even set the mini mill up, but after sitting onĪ back table in my little home shop, I finally decided to try the little feller out. I tried to use it but found it extremely limited for even small work. Although I don't have an Atlas, my little G0602 which I got used, had a Palmgren milling attachment with it.