Novamill capabilities

[edwardsjc]

Hi

I'm thinking of buying a Novamill for model engineering , building7.25" steam locomotives. Typically I'll be working with mild steel, cast iron and brass. Assuming the workpiece will fit on the table, is a Novamill capable of machining these materials or am I expecting too much from a machine of this size ?

I know some of the larger components will be too big for the table, but I can do these on my larger manual mill.

Thanks

Jason

[Steve]

The Nova Mill will be fine for those materials.

[edwardsjc]

Hi

Thanks for the feedback, so I've now bought the machine.

I'm at the bottom of the learning curve, so its up from here on !

Thanks

[flyingmike]

I raised the column on my Novamill by about 70mm as there was not much room for a workpiece once a vice went on especially if you use the easy change system (which is great for quick tool change!). I think the drawing for the raising block is on here somewhere.