I am planning on making a milling attachment for my heavy 10 since all the other ones I can find are just too expensive. I ordered the following (pic attached as well):
Lathe Vertical Milling Slide Attachment Fixed Base Myford 7 Series Suitable | eBay
So I have 2 questions about clamping: clamping the milling attachment to the cross slide or compound and then clamping a vise to the milling attachment.
1. I think the easiest way to do this would be make a t nut to go into the compound base, and then tap 2 holes into that for the milling attachment to bolt in to. Only concern here would be overall rigidity and if the height would be too high. I also have a spare cross slide I could use to bolt the attachment directly too but then I would not be able to swivel it?
2. This one I think comes down to finding the right vise. Lets say I were to buy one of the following 2 vises (pics attached). How would you fasten them to the t slots?
Any other creative workholding ideas that would work with this setup?
Lathe Vertical Milling Slide Attachment Fixed Base Myford 7 Series Suitable | eBay
So I have 2 questions about clamping: clamping the milling attachment to the cross slide or compound and then clamping a vise to the milling attachment.
1. I think the easiest way to do this would be make a t nut to go into the compound base, and then tap 2 holes into that for the milling attachment to bolt in to. Only concern here would be overall rigidity and if the height would be too high. I also have a spare cross slide I could use to bolt the attachment directly too but then I would not be able to swivel it?
2. This one I think comes down to finding the right vise. Lets say I were to buy one of the following 2 vises (pics attached). How would you fasten them to the t slots?
Any other creative workholding ideas that would work with this setup?