From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 11/30/2025 7:00 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:   
   > "Richard Smith"  wrote in message news:m1a503cgoy.fsf@void.com...   
   >   
   > As I've mentioned - maybe I could get a lathe, a little milling machine   
   > or shaper, ...  Begin to make mechanical things...   
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   > Size-wise:   
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   > https://allenmodels.com/locomotives/chloe.html   
   > "It is simple to build and more affordable. All parts can be handled on   
   > a lathe with a 9" swing and a reasonable size square-column bench-top   
   > mini-mill such as the Rong-Fu 45 or its clones."   
   >   
   > Machines of that size could handle most (all?) of what I've built too.   
   > Lathe swing is the maximum work diameter near the spindle, as for   
   > turning and facing the driver wheels, or pulleys and gear blanks. It's   
   > less over the carriage. The mill can cut gear teeth with an indexer.   
   >   
   > https://www.vevor.com/rotary-table-c_10128/rotary-table-6-4-sl   
   t-horizontal-vertical-dividing-plates-for-milling-machine-p_010701274512?   
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   > I've used the space between two intact teeth as the guide to grind a   
   > cutting bit to make a replacement steering sector gear for my old tractor.   
   >   
      
      I know I'm chiming in ait late here ... but my bench top mill is an   
   RF45 clone , and it's been more than enough mill for all my projects .   
   Including multiple gears cut , end mills sharpened (with a fixture) and   
   all kinds of other projects . I highly recommend a rotary table for   
   indexing , mine's 90:1 gear ratio .   
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