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Not sure how it will last but interesting to see how you went about it. Cool idea with the little worm gear!

How much does the quill lock deflect the quill when engaged? Is the end mill parallel to the work then? sounds like the end mill is trying to climb the work. Good video.

Hey how did you prevent the MT from falling out of the drill press did u use some kind of wedge or threaded draw bar? Excellent build by the way!

Nice work

I just purchased a Unimat lathe on ebay and was very disappointed. It had a wobble on the spindle which is no good to me. How is the precision on this one?

How about putting a ER11 Collet Chuck on?

Hi nice to be here, cheap is not a nice word for us LOL, we like "value added" with extra efforts, like the light repairs to major reconstruction work you are having to apply. From a bad looking to a nicer smoother set of lead screws. Nice work thank you for the share, Lance & Patrick.

MIND BLOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi new here, nice to be here we are micro mechanical machinists and we are tow guys glade to have found you and your channel. We love the machine because it is small, This machine sure does take some cuts good for your health exercise is good. Thank you for the share, Lance & Patrick.

I love it

Muito bom amigo!!!Excelente vídeo,estou aqui maravilhado por este shaper!!!Obrigado amigo minhas saudações e do Brasil a você amigo!!!Like!!!

Fantastic! Where could I find such manual shaper?

👍👍👍👍👍👍 ok.!!!

I love this thing! Where did you find it?

I have the powered version 😊handy little thing.....

You can machine a project and literally get in a full body workout. Awesome.

Hi! 1st of all, thanks for the video! Very interesting and well made. About the subject I did never see or hear about this little device. Well I am new to these subjects, but someday I'd love to own such tool. Thank you !!

That's a neat little machine.

Where did you get your handle to lock your drill arm in place?

Retrofit it with a cnc controller. Seems like it would be a really cool desktop cnc lathe

Hi can you tell me the diameter of the drive belt for the autofeeder. I have bought one with no belt and would like to make one up cheers vince

I wish I had a lathe in the basement.

well done I would like to do the same you have some great ideas. to reduce the movement laterally more you could look at the top bearing in the quill

Is this their 8" drill press, or one of the larger ones?

Ok. Why? ...just get a milling machine. All that work to end up with something that will limit you so much. The sound by it self scares me.

Damm good idea..

Only good for plunge cuts, that drill chuck isn’t designed for a side load

When is the last time you let your kid play with a "toy" like that pal

Let's see...$80 for the raw material, $280 for your time, and we're right about where I'd expect to be for a good quality table. Just to scratch an itch, I bought the rock-bottom cheapest XY table I could find - $22.99 included shipping. It looks identical to those $40 - $50 products seen in the links. I am curious as to whether it will have plastic lead screws, that kind of thing, you know - or any square angles at all. The retailer was practically harassing me for a product review. OK. Sure. I'll provide a product review. "Be careful what you ask for", as the saying goes.

Nice..! And for the people complaining..it is what it is! The guy just showed us how to make an inexpensive primitive mill, not a high tech several thousands of $$$ equipment. I think I might take up the idea with the worm and gear.

that bit is dead dude that finish is terrable lol

Thanks for the video I really appreciate this one as I have just purchased one of these in I'm waiting for it to arrive what do you mean by squaring cut did you cut it bend it and Tig weld it? Or did you cut the shaft and just leave it? Sorry you lost me on that one

Excellent project, Dave. It tempts me to rebuild my Harbor Freight 20" drill press to add a milling capability. Tempts. In this case the entire top half of the spindle has to be rebuilt to replace the solid upper spindle with a DOM tube for a 3/8" - 16 tpi draw bar for MT3 tool holders, plus better bearings. Doable? Yes. Cost? After buying a Grizzly 6" x 18" milling table ($220 shipped), much larger radial thrust bearings, DOM tube, material to machine a new step pulley with a much larger bore for the draw bar tube and maybe a worm/wheel the cost is getting close to Harbor Freight's Sieg X.2 milling machine ($581 delivered as of Feb 2, 2019). Certainly $300.00. Oh yes. If you don't already have the 20" drill press add another $500. Now we're at $800.00 Harbor Freight 1-1/2 hp mill/drill for $1000 new anyone? Comes with an 8" x 28" table, real R8 spindle, 750 lbs of vibration dampening cast iron, etc. Or find a used mill on Craigslist for $500?

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

Nicely done! I have a HF drill press that I’ve used only a few times. When I lower it to begin drilling, it always shifts slightly to the left. Is there a fix for that? Hey thanks.

Love your video finally someone showing all the functions

To simple , just buy a small mill

Really great use of an old drillpress. If lateral movement with the spindle/Chuck becomes excessive you can extend an arm from the column with a couple bearings on the end pressed against the chuck to control run-out. As long as the surface of the chuck is smooth. Saw this trick in an old magazine.

Had to weld my Chuck on tho, the vibrations kept shaking it off!, mind you i was mill some pretty hard cast steel.

Thats some good tips there, im converting a drill press to vertical mill myself, i like the worm drive mod.

Do you need a milling machine to make the parts for the milling machine I don't know how that cost only $120

Piece of rubbish using a stolen name

Where can you buy plans for projects?

Hello,Will the milling attachment fit to Craftsman 109 lathe??

pretty cool little lathe, for what it is. you showed me enough to were I won't consider buying one... thats a good thing though. once you know how to singlepoint threads, there are features you just gotta have.

you can see the runnout...throw an indicator on there!

I love small machine tools, and that's a gem!

great project! Now you only need a poor man's DRO on it, using a cheap digital caliper, to set a precise Z axis position: www.thingiverse.com/thing:878060

So, if anyone else were to buy this (and judging from the comments below, it isn't even available anymore), it would cost them $80 ... PLUS the cost of the new bearings and the cost of a lathe and a mill to fix the other issues with the $80 table. Doesn't really seem like a bargain when you factor in the actual costs.

I got the compact 5 cnc as a present. I have no experience at all... Wish i could have a manual instead😂