Setting up the Eastwood mini mill - Mini mill episode #1

We previously saw that the ‪@eastwoodco‬ mini lathe was a capable little machine. Now it’s time to test out its sibling, the mini mill!
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The Eastwood mini mill: www.eastwood.com/eastwood-min...
The Eastwood mini lathe: www.eastwood.com/eastwood-min...
Previous video on the lathe: • I used a mini lathe to...
"Conditional Love" and "Power is Power" (instrumental versions) by Fear of Water. Find the album here: open.spotify.com/album/0jTNSD...
More great music at / davidcoltperry . Thanks Dave!
‪@Blondihacks‬ mill skills' series was critical here. Thanks Quinn! • Vertical Mill Tutorial...
‪@mrpete222‬'s video on vise indicating is a great resource as well. Thanks Lyle! • BRIDGEPORT MILL indica...
"Hagar and Ishmael in the desert" by Udo J. Keppler via Library of Congress. Find that image and more at www.loc.gov/pictures/item/201...
iGauging digital saw gauge used for tramming: amzn.to/3xEUurw
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[@eastwoodco]

Great video Andrew, very informative! You've convinced me, Mini Mill is a must-have 😎🤘

[@AndrewReuter]

Thank you very much! And glad you agree! 🤣

[@yertelt5570]

@Eastwood Company So it took a KZbin video to convince you to buy your own product? Do you write your own product reviews too or are they from actual customers?

[@christianmccollum1028]

Definitely a must -have!!! Thanks for the info 👍

[@catherineharris4746]

Nice! I thought you're supposed to check the levelness of the piece that you're milling after you put it in the vice, at least that's what i was told👍

[@artisanmakes]

Thankyou for this video, I have the bigger x2.7 model mill, but I am really interested in what this little mill is capable of. Looking forward to more videos with the mill.

[@tomt9543]

@ 7:48 you’re milling the narrow edge of the bar whereas you’d been making multiple passes on the wide face previously. The end mill is wide enough to cut the narrow side in one pass, so there’s no opportunity for ridges there! That’s where a larger end mill or fly cutter comes in handy! Also noticed that you never trimmed the back to front, and that is every bit as important, especially if you don’t like ridges between passes! A common complaint about the Eastwood, Grizzly, Klutch etc. mini mills is the tilting column, and the latch of rigidity because of it! The Sieg branded mill (I’m 99% sure that’s who makes all of the listed machines) has a rigid column to remove this issue, along with having a much bigger table and an air spring in the column to make raising the head easier. The column/table still has to be trimmed and shimmed, but once it’s there and locked down, yo don’t have to worry about it creeping out of square! Good video about a machine not typically seen on KZbin!

[@AndrewReuter]

Good tips, thank you!

[@vonfelam]

Yes, love me some new project lab content. Keep up the good work.

[@AndrewReuter]

Thanks Adam! 🙏🙏🙏

[@cttp]

Andy, so good to see you back :) I loved the bug and big piece of brass joke :D Great video man!

[@AndrewReuter]

Thank you very much Piotr! Glad you liked my shop assistant! 😆

[@hetrodoxly1203]

As a retired engineer (machine tool fitter) to me any piece of machinery that can be aligned by loosening bolts and tapping with a mallet is going to give you problems and creep if it's not drilled, reamed and doweled, slideways are a bit more forgiving with adjusting screws but gibs are better.

[@AndrewReuter]

Good to know, great analysis here. Was wondering if I should eventually replace the adjustable vertical piece with a permanent 90, so this kind of confirms that. Thanks!

[@k9wiREless]

Hello Sir, Great video you have done an awesome service to promote this Mini Mill. I have had this mill for at least 5 years now, and have made great stuff with it....however it’s broken, the double gears inside have given up...could you make a video on how to replace these parts. Amazon has replacement upgraded metallic gears and i’d wish this content to be able to all. Thank you

[@eddiesoltero455]

Do you have a link for the replacement metallic gears for the eastwood mini mill?

[@yertelt5570]

You might want to pull the mill forward on your bench a little to provide finger clearance for the y axis hand wheel. LMS recommends 3.5 to 4" max from the front edge of the bench to the front mounting hole for their similar sized 3990 model, they both are rebranded Siegs. Your users manual should have some info for machine mounting/hole layout. Enjoy it, as long as, like the lathe, you remember the operative word here is "mini" and adjust your expectations accordingly you shouldn't have any trouble.

[@AndrewReuter]

Good call here. Always a pain to turn that knob. I recently moved so I will be reinstalling it properly this time. Thanks!

[@DavZell]

You left us hanging! There was no episode 2 as of 8 months later.

[@AndrewReuter]

Ha, good call! I got about half done with the next video before I had to move shops. Will be firing up this mill again soon!

[@Roll-UpRainer1510]

Great Video!

[@AndrewReuter]

Thank you very much, as always! 🙏🙏🙏

[@eddiesoltero455]

Is that the electronic digital indicator from little machine shop? Also, which indicator holder are you using to calibrate the mill?

[@yellowcrescent]

It looks like he's using an iGaging 35-0928, which comes with two aluminum pieces/fixture specifically for calibrating a table saw (I have one exactly like it)

[@scghost]

finally a new video!

[@AndrewReuter]

😁 Thanks for your patience!

[@miguelcastaneda7257]

Get a better vise and something that clamp directly to table you will pick up vertical space and rigidity...that pivoting part you font need

[@swapnilsule1234]

Great video ! I was actually thinking of buying one myself 😊. Would you please be able to make a short video showing the noise level on low and high gears may be with some kind of stock metal (I live in an apartment so...) ? That is the only thing which is stopping me to buy one myself. Thanks in advance !!

[@AndrewReuter]

Thank you! Would be glad to check. How quick are you looking for an answer by? End of the month? Still haven’t set the mill up in the new shop, but I could plug it in somewhere temporarily quick for a test run this weekend if you are jonesing for an answer sooner rather than later.

[@swapnilsule1234]

@@AndrewReuter thanks for replying ! Anytime this month will be great. Thanks again.

[@Mikesmeyer88]

Need to do a belt upgrade. Much quieter

[@Rusty_Shackleford1]

Great video! Look up climb milling vs conventional milling. You generally want to avoid climb milling on a manual machine. Climb milling puts more stress on the tool, leading to unwanted vibration, and ultimately poor surface finish or out of spec parts.

[@pirminkogleck4056]

First, ! you dont need the lubricating, brass has so called self lubricating properties, and the next time, get u some Alu if u want to learn or test machining , brass is a very brittle metall, and nice for turning on the lathe and also very nice to work with , but not always as easy as many would think ....i think now u already know that there is a big difference in materials and the speeds and depth u need and wich tools work best,...those titanoxid coated tools are sold as allrounder but the HSS tools work much better on brass ! and get you a ZEUS BOOK and try to source a machining book from engineering school, many people sell them cheap after they finished their exams, and u get a very good basic book at lowest possible cost, mine was new 80 usd and the zeus books somewhere around that , i bought both in used but very nice condition for 25 usd

[@AndrewReuter]

Will look for that book. Thanks for the tips!

[@juanochoa9410]

so i should be able to mill aluminum pieces or brass?

[@juanochoa9410]

nvm i just watched more into the video lol

[@TomKirkman1]

I tend to see all these mini-lathes and mills as being all the same and simply sold by various resellers. Is the Eastwood any better than the Grizzly, Emco, Harbor Freight, etc?

[@Mikesmeyer88]

That appears to be the case, they just order the different colors from the chinese manufacturer. But I'm sure Eastwood will stand behind the tools they sell. I'd be worried about buying from another company without a protection plan because they wouldn't care if you had issues.

[@garageshopminnesota]

Great work, Andy. Milling any parts for your truck?

[@AndrewReuter]

Thank you, Jeremy! Nothing has come to mind yet, but there's gotta be something on this truck I can use the mill to make...

[@nimousa6990]

Always start with checking your Z perpendicularly travel to X and Y first then you can start tramming your spindle. Your spindle can read zero from left to right and from front to back, but if your Z travel move up and down in an angle, guest what happens when you drill a deep hole or try to mill a perfect square, you can’t.

[@scotty362100]

You have your machine trammed "side to side", but it is off tram "front to back". That is why you have a ridge between passes.

[@AndrewReuter]

I will check that out, thanks!

[@scorpion2nz]

Biggest problems with the mini mill ? It is to small, No matter what size you think you want/need it will be to small . . I see you trammed it side to side but did you check front to back ?

[@davidwillard7334]

HE !! SIMPLY !! SHOULD !! PUT !! THIS !! STRAIGHT !! INTO !! THE !! METAL !! SHREADDER !! THAT'S !! WHERE !! IT !! BELONGS !! NOW !!!

[@jusme8060]

@@davidwillard7334 why? Not a good mill?

[@joelvarela4444]

I don’t remember Quinton Tarantino being so strong by I’m here for it.

[@AndrewReuter]

😆 Separated at birth? You decide! kzbin.info/www/bejne/n36thnevnteofaMm44s

[@millomweb]

You'll be milling flour next ;)

[@ygaillard38]

Remarque porte fraise mieux qu'un mandrin à clé machine de bricolage aucun intérêt

[@gvet47]

That set of cheap mill cutters will not work long on steel or cast iron. I should know. I now buy better tooling.