Simple Hints to Get Better Performance out of your Mill.

This short video offers some good tips to make your cut more rigid regardless of the size of your milling machine. If you own a mini mill, you may wish to watch this.

[tunafish]

I have done these hints my whole life of machining 50 plus years.
Great information here.

[dcat]

I know that people that have machine back ground think this video is vary backe. But for those of us just getting started you are a god send. Thank you for this video.
Bill

[reiniertl]

WOW, I wasn't expecting a professional of your caliber watching Blondihacks!
Another of my favorite channels, she really rocks. That is a great endorsement for Quinn!
So it is good to see that this community is quite tight and people really help each other.

I've learned from these channels a good deal, to the point I've been doing machine work without ever receiving in person training.
Only the YouTube goodies!

[incubatork]

Glad you take us small guys into consuderation, its amazing what one can do on a small mill, or lathe for that matter.

[edwardbarron]

Hey Joe,
Thanks for all your insight, I am a self taught mini mill / lathe user, and get so much helpful information from your videos. I truly missed my calling I love performing machine work. I've made your edge finder as well as a bunch of other tools I use in the shop. Thanks for all you do.

[ozsteve]

Thanks Joe, awesome info as always. I am totally new to the world of machining and really appreciate the way that you pitch your material. Its fantastic that you mentioned Blondihacks too as Quinn has equally been an outstanding teacher! Keep the great content coming mate.

[yearsofanythingisenough]

For God’s sake, someone finally mentioned all of the things I harped about to students for years. How come it took so long with all the YouTube producers out there? 👍

[ChrisB]

Useful tips Joe - I certainly miss having a knee available on my small machine but compensate to a degree by having a movable column to minimize excessive quill extension.

[marcmckenzie]

Joe - great, useful advice... but every time I lock-up my knee, I have a lot of trouble walking around my equipment!

[davidfusco]

I wish I had worked for someone like you 40+ years ago. I was employed by a small shop owned by a German family. Tough bunch to work/learn from!

[VenturaSewerInspections]

Thanks for the great tips. You're one hell of a teacher. I hope the younger generation around you listens to the knowledge passed down to them.

[ianbertenshaw]

Hi Joe,
Thanks for the tips !
Another good thing with machining from right to left is it tends to throw the chips away from you - not much of a problem with a small end mill but with a big face or fly cutter you won't be dodging hot chips as much !
I still need to get around to mounting all my cutters into a common sized bush so i only use one size ER32 collet to mount them .

[plmajm]

Joe, I was out in my humble storage shed/workshop today and I was about to make a cut with my mini-mill. As I was about to power it up, I stopped and stared at the end mill and I thought, WWJPD (What would Joe Pie Do). I unloosened (sorry, couldn't help myself) the collet and moved that end mill as far up into the collet as possible without engaging the flutes. Thanks for making these super videos, I have learned a ton!!!

[erictwers]

When I watch your videos, I learn something about 25% of the time (of the video). The other 75% of the time is spent wishing that I seen the video before I had just "Taught Myself".
This was a 95% "I already taught myself that" video. Please keep making these videos.

[thomasherbig]

Thank you. "Unloosened" is the best. Glad you find it as funny as many of us do.

[bobuk]

Thanks Joe, and for the shoutout to Blondiehacks. Stay safe, stay well. BobUK

[brianjohnson]

Hi Joe I always enjoy your videos, never to old to learn and you always make your engineering topics very clear and interesting. Please keep them coming

[johntenhave]

Thank you Joe, that knee is a brute to crank up and down, but your explanation makes it clear why care at the beginning prevents tears at the end.

[dennismccullagh]

Dennis McCullagh Thanks for that Joe. I am 72 years old and I am always learning and stealing good ideas, but I only steal from the best. stay healthy .

[CraigsWorkshop]

Good stuff Joe. I imagine with a mini-mill, a left to right cut would pull the head tight against the column, just like a right to left cut on a big mill pulls the knee against the column. Now I'm on a bigger mill, I tend to just fire the chips in the direction opposite where I'm stood :-D

With your suggestions on stickout, it is probably worth doing an entire episode on stickout, or beam strength - and show folks how halving the length of the stickout (or doubling diameter) reduces deflection by a factor of 8. It was not particularly intuitive to me when I first learned this, and I wish I'd learned about it earlier and in plain English, as you do so well.


Thanks,
Craig