but DO NOT BUY ONE.įinally, the kits offered by "Metal Lathe accessories" are massive and I am told work rather well. The size you want is likely a 150 or possibly a 250.
I offer this solution because presumably you are a hobbyist, and so making a kit is not a hardship in terms of productive time.ĭo NOT get a Palmgren. it can either be used directly to carry the part, or may be a more stable base for possibly even a Palmgren.įinally, the kits offered by "Metal Lathe accessories" are massive and I am told work rather well. the mass is no better, but it cuts out some flexible interfaces between parts.īut, getting a mill, almost no matter how lightweight a cheapo mill you buy, will do better than even one of the better milling adapters.Īnother possibility is using the T-slot crosslide that Logan offered. Maybe the big one works OK on a large machine where teh weight of the unit is dwarfed by the compound alone.Īdapting an Atlas or Southbend style makes more sense. It is as bouncy as a trampoline on a Logan, or on any other small lathe. It is out-sized and clumsy, it relies on the entire stackup of crosslide and compound, (3 sliding interfaces) and adds two more interfaces, besides hanging out over the side of the compound. but DO NOT BUY ONE.ġ) Milling attachments are a makeshift at best.Ģ) the Palmgren itself, despite being sold BY Logan, is not really suitable. They come in 3 sizes.Do NOT get a Palmgren. Again, though, I have never actually used either to mill anything. Another point is that the way the Atlas bolts to the lathe appears to make it quite a bit less vibration prone for milling than the Palmgren.
long bar supported by traveling rest on the carriage, steady rest at the far end of the lathe bed, and with center in the Atlas on the farther-away mill bed). I had to make the necessary plug to attach it to the cross slide, but otherwise the 10"-12" is an excellent fit on my lathe (which has a height from the cross slide, with the compound removed, to the centerline of the spindle 3").Īlthough I've never used it to mill anything on my lathe, and probably never will, I have used it to position a center on my neighboring mill when machining a very long bar in my lathe (i.e. The SB milling attachment is mainly for nostalgic purposes to say my Heavy 10 is fully equipped.Although I have a mill, I came across an inexpensive Atlas milling attachment and bought it for my 11" Logan for basically the same reason.
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