Homemade Quill for drill to mill conversion

[engineer steve]

Thanks for checking this out. I hope this may inspire some people.

[DIYer]

Thanks engineer steve! We've added your Mill Quill to our Machining category,
as well as to your builder page: engineer steve's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Mill Quill by engineer steve

tags: mill, conversion

[Crusty]

When I converted a drill press to a mill I learned that drill press head castings are too light and they vibrate too much under the heavy milling loads.

[engineer steve]

Yeah I'm sure you are right. That's another challange for me I guess. Probably only going to do small milling work.

[engineer steve]

Thanks for reminding me anyway.

[Crusty]

Good luck with your build. Mine wasn't useful for any significant milling work because of the vibration so it's been relegated to a precision drilling station and I bought a Grizzly mini mill that I use for its' intended purpose.