Newbie with a mill..

[Goldigger]

Hi, Im new on the forum, to be honest I'm not sure this is the correct forum as this forum seems to be mainly CNC.
If there is a forum more suited to non CNC please point me in the correct direction..

Ok I've bought a brand new Axminster SX2 mill
Buy Axminster SIEG SX2 Mini Mill from Axminster, fast delivery for the UK

So far i have the for the mill:
16mm chuck.
mill chuck with a selection of collets.
100mm rotary table.
4 jaw chuck.
Vice.
end mills.
slot mills.
Drillo bits.
Spiral flute taps.

Please can I have some tips on:
clamping work alignment and Centering work
Finding the centre of an object
illiminating vibration when using the rotary table
Facing work so it has a nice finish
And any other general tips you may think helpfull

Cheers

[cornbinder23]

This needs to be posted in the benchtop machines forum.
There is a wealth of info there even for manual crank turners
Benchtop Machines - CNCzone.com-The Largest Machinist Community on the net!

just search for X2 and you will find way more than you can imagine
This is a very popular little mill for manual and cnc operation
also check out Hossmachine Homepage

chuckies X2 thread
TXFred X2 thread
QSPSB X2 thread
etc...

Good luck, but be careful you might just get bit by the cnc bug while looking around, and then.. well.... I am infected and its all over for me lol