The Home Machinist!

My Girlfriend was giggling at me, as I set out for the 2nd day to "mine" this estate sale.
So, I confirmed, the Taiwan made F.Y.H. TCS-6 was made whole with its accessories..

Oh, it gets better... I went back there today, and in sifting thru boxes found some more stuff that I think goes with it... Set of indexing plates and a faceplate... Convinced them that I thought they were part of the set in the box, so got them for free. They also had a 4 jaw that looked like it fi...

Been busy on other stuff, but a few updates. Bought a MT3 chuck and set of collets, but I have to bore out the head for the M12 bolt. I did score this week... Picked up this for $100 at an estate sale... they said it was broken... but it was just in "Neutral"... Took me a fewe mins to figu...

Guys, Its all good, keep firing!
I have had my Son in town, plus been working on a few other projects, so dont worry!
Be back at it this week, or next.

To clarify, I think my mill head is MT3.
I thought the drawbar was M12... but in fact it is M8!!!!
Tried to put an M10 bolt down the center and it fits. I will probably convert to M10.
My tailstock is an MT2.

Agreed.
I will figure out and order a collet system this week.
One of the issues I see is when I use a collet, the head maybe to high to reach the workpiece...
Need to buy a thick block of steel to bolt stuff to.

Did not get a chuck key for the mill head chuck.
I have a 1/2 key, but it is too small...
What is the next size up?

Used the lathe to clean up the 1" diameter Beadroller shafts, with emery cloth. I will be using the mill to slot a couple of holes in the beadroller frame, and drill some additional holes. Its amazing how liberated I feel to be able to do these things! This week, I will be starting my build on ...

Here is a little gem... My now "Ex-wife" once said to me... "Why are you always in the garage tinkering?". I really wanted to say, "Because its more fun than being around you and your issues", but I knew that would not lead to a nice exchange... so I said another truth....

Thanks Spro, I will admit that the first time I checked it I was getting twice that(0.003), so I loosed the bolts a touch and gave it a "Love Kiss", with my mallet on the + side and then pulled the bolts up snug and it halved the error. The extra "Stick-out" and inertia of the la...

No Problemo Spro, thanks for the input anyway. Yes, Toddalin, it may well have been a simple tolerance issue! So, I figured it out... Ended up digging into my bolt drawer and finding a trio of grade 8 bolts with a 12 hex head and a flange washer. This worked fine, after I shortened them about 1/4&qu...

Again, Thanks for the sage advice Harold. I will first run the grinder without the wheels and see if it runs true, then move forward. I am not sure what you mean Spro... but then I maybe did not make the issue or my plan clear either... :? The "Register" that locates the original chuck is ...