Mini Mill

Tutorial

Vice Clamping

Piece Clamping

Mini Mill

Cleaning

1. Light Machine Oil

1. by Hand

Light Oil Examples

Clamping Vice Overview

Closeup Clamp Angle

(Use Washers if needed)

Parallels

Putting in a Piece

Chucking against not-square

R8 Endmills and Collets

1. TiN vs HSS (Aluminum vs Steel)
2. 2flute/4flute

Center-cutting vs Non-center-cutting

Damaged vs New

Putting in endmill

Proper length of endmill

Z-axis lock and gear

E-stop, speed

Pulleys (currently low speed)

Squaring

Clamping in Screwless Vice

Edge finding / center finding

Layout

Types of Cutting

Speeds and Feeds

1. blue/gold chips

Manuals

• Harbor Freight Model 4491 Mini-mill