"Prometheus" wrote in message
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How much do you know about mills?

A lot.

Depends on what you bought, but if you've got a manual mill, odds are
it's going to be less than suitable for making wheels. If it's a CNC
mill, or you have a rotary vise, I'd imagine you can get away with it.

No rotory vise needed. Simple tooling and you can make wheels rivaling a
lathe.

Myself, I'd keep the wood off it, if for no other reason than it'll be
a mess when the sawdust sticks to everything.

I tend to agree although I have done it (makes nearly as much mess as
phenolic).

You'd be better off
machining your wheels out of nylon or something, which is a fairly
common practice on metalworking mills.

And generally speaking, a mill isn't going to spin anywhere near as
fast as something like a router.

No, but it doesn't need to.