Brent Philion wrote:
1. Before anyone even starts a REAL milling machine is in the works but
the 2 demons of all workshops are working against it Money and
Especially space so until the new workshop is built i have a lathe and
room for it but NOT a mill or even a Mill/Drill asian thingy

I know this is aimed mainly at the hobby people because most sane people
would used a vertical mill for vertical milling and a lathe for turning.
As i said though the time and Space demons are on me so to me it makes
more sense to be able to do some limited milling in a lathe than to do
nothing waiting for the mill

Has anyone used the Palmgren vertical vise miling attachment or a myford
vertical table? which would be the most versatile to serve until i could
get a proper milling machine?

Any help is appreciated

Since nobody has replied about the vertical table vs. vise, I'll
comment. I've got a Palmgren milling slide with a slotted table
instead of a vise, I've always regretted that. By the time you get a
vise on the thing, you've got a whale of a lot of leverage on the
compound. I replaced the lantern TP mounting forks on the milling
attachment with a disk that fits the compound hole on the 9" S.B., it
helped, but not a whole lot. Still a lot of leverage there, things
moved while cutting. I made my own milling cutter holder for the
headstock, cut off a large MT3-shanked drill, drilled and tapped the
small end for a drawbar and bored a hole in the other for the cutter
shank, secured with a setscrew. Still couldn't do keyways very well.
Solved it by going with a Aamco shaper. I now have a small vertical
mill for that stuff. The slotted vertical table was good in theory,
being more flexible than a vise, I just couldn't get a solid setup that
way.

Stan