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12″ Deluxe Tabletop Mill XY Base – DRO

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Product Description

Purpose of the Sherline Tabletop Mill XY Bases

Each of our four mill sizes is available as an XY base. You can purchase the base of any of our vertical mills as an XY base if you already own a vertical milling column for use with your lathe. The XY base offers a sturdier base and a larger work area than the lathe. Lathe owners can then swap the headstock and motor/speed control from their lathe to the vertical milling column in approximately 60 seconds.

XY bases have also found their way into the industrial market and are used in various manufacturing setups.

If You Have a Standard Mill Column Base

Please note that milling column bases made before 1995 must be modified in order to work with this XY base. You can return your older vertical milling column to the factory to be re-machined and used with an XY base rather than purchasing the entire vertical milling machine (Contact us for pricing).

Vertical milling column bases made after 1995 do not need to be modified. This combination saves you the amount of money included in the cost of the vertical mill for the column but gives you the same machine minus the headstock and motor/speed control.

About the 12″ Deluxe DRO Tabletop Mill XY Base

The Deluxe DRO Tabletop Mill XY base is the same base used in our 5400-series DRO tabletop mill. It has DRO handwheels, encoders, and sensors and will connect to your digital readout box (not included). The table and base have laser-engraved scales.

Standard Features for the Deluxe DRO Tabletop Mill XY Base

  • 12″ Mill Base
  • 13″ Mill Table
  • Sherline DRO mills are outfitted with the special DRO 2″ (51mm) handwheels on the Y-axis leadscrew and X-axis table feed screw. These handwheels can be reset to zero electronically with the push of a button on the DRO display box. Each handwheel has laser-engraved aluminum handwheel collars.
  • Oil reservoir on the X/Y axes
  • Travel: X=8.65″ (220 mm), Y=5.0″ (127 mm)

Optional Y-axis Leadscrew Cover Upgrades for the Mill XY Base

Brass tube cover for the rear of the Y-axis*
Accordion way cover for the front and rear of the Y-axis
Mill Column Base

*You must purchase the Mill Column Base (P/N 50050) to work with the brass tube cover.

About the Sherline CNC 8-Direction Benchtop Mill

Our CNC benchtop mill is perfect for the customer looking for a mini CNC milling machine to make small, precision parts. The deluxe 8-direction milling machine offers the most versatility of any Sherline mill. In addition to X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis travels, there are five additional directions that the headstock spindle can be positioned to do drilling or milling on your part from virtually any angle.

All our CNC milling machines are made in the USA, and our customer service is second to none. Although our machines are small, they can produce high-quality precision parts. Our CNC mill will not only cut wood and plastic but is also rigid and accurate enough to cut aluminum and steel parts. This mill is a desktop-size machine with full-size machine precision and accuracy.

Notes on ordering a metric mill

Most of our cutting tools, like center drills, are manufactured in a fractional size. If you have a metric machine with metric holders, like collets or end mill holders, you will need to order fractional holders to accommodate our cutting tools.

Sherline CNC Specification Links

NOTE: Depending upon availability, the actual computer supplied with the system may look different than shown above.

The CNC Milling Machine Package includes:

  • 8-Direction Benchtop CNC Milling Machine fitted with saddle oiler, stepper motor mounts, and couplers on X-, Y-, and Z-axes
  • A computer with Ubuntu Linux-based OS with LinuxCNC 4-axis CNC software preinstalled
  • Keyboard and mouse
  • 4-axis driver board and power supply installed inside the computer
  • Computer cables to the X-, Y-, and Z-axes are 69″ in length
  • Instruction and utility CD. The CD includes complete instructions and several free utilities to translate CAD files or TrueType fonts into G-code.
  • A blank 4GB USB flash drive
  • 1-year warranty on all components for non-production use. 90-day warranty on CNC and computer-related components.

You supply only a monitor.

Standard equipment for the CNC 8-Direction Benchtop Mill includes:

  • A powerful 90V DC motor with electronic speed controller
  • 14″ base
  • 2″ (51mm) adjustable “zero” handwheels are mounted on each of the stepper motors
  • 2.75″ (70 mm) x 13.0″ (330 mm) table with two T-slots
  • ¼” Drill Chuck w/ key, #1 Morse arbor with drawbolt
  • 2″ column riser block
  • Laser-engraved scales on the base and table
  • Pulleys, drive belt, three hexagonal keys, spindle bars, gib removal tool, eight-foot three-wire power cord, and instruction manual

A-Package Accessories Include:

  • Step block hold-down set
  • 5/32″ Sherline hex T-driver
  • 3-piece center drill set
  • Fly cutter w/carbide bit
  • 3-piece mill collet set w/drawbolt
  • 6-piece 3/8″ 2-flute double-ended end mill set
    (P/N 7401 4-flute set may be substituted depending on availability)
  • 3/8″ end mill holder
  • Milling vise
  • Sherline Accessories Shop Guide book

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