Now that I've actually got my mill (though I've not milled anything yet!), I can see what people mean about the Z-axis disappearing. With an ER25 collet chuck and short 6mm mill, there's about 175mm between the end of the mill and the table. Add an milling vice and that drops to about 130-140mm of Z.
What I was wondering is has anyone tried raising the whole Z-axis about 50-60mm above the current mounting point? There is currently enough Z-travel to put the cutter about 50mm through the table, so apart from mounting and stability issues, I can't see any downside to this modification - am I missing something?
Cheers. |