Mini Mill Projects

Last modified: March 17, 2024

Projects for the Mini Mill are tasks that you can complete in your workshop using a hobby-class milling machine of a smaller size.

Mini Mill Project Work Logs

Close-up photo of blue metal object with black rubber cover.

New Way Covers for the IH Mill

A square metal plate with a cylindrical hole, small red light, and brass-colored rod, attached to a larger metal surface.

Optical Limit Switches

Metal workbench with metal vise and blue object inside.

Vise Jaws of "Doom"

Machine control panel with wires and connectors.

Coolant Mister

Cast iron metalworking vise with flat base, vertical jaws, and cylindrical handle.

Industrial Hobbies Mill CNC Conversion (includes Epoxy/Granite fill, One Shot Oiler, etc.

CNC machine control panel on computer screen.

Personalized Mill Screen Set for Mach3

Silver metal box with black handle, mounted on blue wall, connected to white and copper hoses.

Industrial Hobbies Mill One Shot Oiling System

Collection of tools arranged on a gray workbench or table.

Button V-Block

A compound DRO (Digital Readout) system with digital display screen and two horizontal measurement bars.

A DRO for the Lathe Compound

Metal tailstock with spindle and handle.

A Tailstock Camlock for the Lathemaster 9×30 Lathe

A collection of air tools suspended on a metal bar.

Air Tool Rack

Bandsaw table with designed features.

Bandsaw Table and Other Improvements

Stainless steel table saw blade guard with curved back plate and rectangular front section, attached by two bolts on the left side.

12" Disc Sander

A white coffee mug with a metal object protruding from its top against a brown background.

Low Temperature Differential

Free Piston Stirling

Well-lit metal workshop with workbench, rolling cart, and welding equipment.

Quick and Easy Welding Table

A small CNC router with black body and silver accents, blue button, and cutting tool.

Widgitmaster CNC Mini-Router

Metal component with circular shape and four protruding points.

Rotary Table Accessories

Silver drawbar with copper wires on a CNC milling machine.

Powered Drawbar for the IH Mill

A photograph of a vise with two stops on the jaws.

A Vise Stop for the Kurt Vise

Work in Progress

(Unfinished projects we've been fiddling with)

Mill Flood Enclosure

Belt Drive for the Industrial Hobbies Mill (design)

Tapping Arm (build)

Small Turner's Cubes (build)

Gang Tool Slide for 9×30 Lathe (design)

5-Axis CNC T&C Grinder (design)

4th Axis for the IH CNC Mill (design)

Bandsaw Miter Gage (build)

Elmer's Comber Rotary Engine Team Build

Elmer Verburg's Reversable Vertical Twin Wobbler

Fixture Plate

A green rounded rectangle with white text reading "TRY G-WIZARD FREE FOR 30-DAYS" on a white background.

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