In article , "Doug says...

Saw this on E-bay today.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...egory=12 72&r
d=1 Any opinions on this. Seems like he wants a lot of money for it. I
wouldn't mind having one as I don't have room for a real milling macine but
I wonder if these things are worth buying. It uses a morse taper collet and
I'm uncertain if they would have enough holding power. Also would this cause
excessive wear to my old Atlas? Then there's the question of whether it
would be a big pain in the ass to setup.

Basically all your suspicions are correct.

1) they are very limited in rigidity and are difficult to
set up for any involved work, beyond a simple keyway.

2) you cannot take heavy cuts with the MT2 collet holding
an endmill, but then one cannot as a general rule take heavy
cuts with a milling attachment anway.

3) if you do take heavy cuts it will put a bit of a strain
on the cross slide and so on.

4) even with all these drawbacks, a milling attachment like
this is better than no milling machine at all, and as such
are highly in demand - and tend to fetch a very good price.
Scan around and see what an original southbend milling attachment
would cost on ebay, if you can find one. =8-O

Jim

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