The mill is in.

[123hotchef]

It lives time to get it set up and working

 

[Carl Wilson]

Congratulations. Rong Fu clone? They are good machines. I'm sure it will do all you ask of it.

 

[julianthegypsy]

Congratulations. Rong Fu clone? They are good machines. I'm sure it will do all you ask of it.

With all the Wrong fu/cuppa joe mods too...

 

[123hotchef]

just got to sort the dro out

 

[skotl]

just got to sort the dro out

Mine arrived yesterday. But the scales are still on the slow boat from China

 

[123hotchef]

This has it fitted but missing covers and the plugs are broken

 

[123hotchef]

just waiting on the clamps from @Paulbarrett should be soon, then I have to pick up a machine vice I won on eaby in Tottenham rotary table and cutter were delivered last week so I am ready to put it to work

 

[steviec_lj]

Where do you all pick up these Mills from? I feel terribly left out of the conversation

Are the Rong Fu clones worth spending time learning with?

 

[123hotchef]

Where do you all pick up these Mills from? I feel terribly left out of the conversation

Are the Rong Fu clones worth spending time learning with?

I got this one from @julianthegypsy on here, I hope this on is worth spending the money on for learning with because I have never used a mill before in my life, I have mad do but I had the cash this time so why not.

 

[skotl]

Rong-fu are definitely a good route in. I spent £400 on mine from another member on here and, although I'm hankering after a bigger one, I can neither afford the £££, ceiling clearance or floorspace for one so my RFu's going to be around for a while yet

 

[123hotchef]

Rong-fu are definitely a good route in. I spent £400 on mine from another member on here and, although I'm hankering after a bigger one, I can neither afford the £££, ceiling clearance of floorspace for one so my RFu's going to be around for a while yet

i would have liked a bigger one who wouldn't but getting it down to the workshop would have been a killer lets see how this one goes for now

 

[Carl Wilson]

The Rong Fu machines are a good buy. They do have their issues it's true, mainly due to having a round column. But you can do a lot with them.

 

[123hotchef]

Julian mentioned filling the colum with concrete for weight,

this one has a mt3 I am sure some had a different flavour

 

[skotl]

Julian mentioned filling the colum with concrete for weight,

this one has a mt3 I am sure some had a different flavour

Looks like yours has a stiffening rod to stop it rotating round the column - any more info on that and, if it works well, can we get some more detailed pics please?

 

[Seadog]

Bruce Whitham in Oz makes a kit to maintain alignment.

 

[Carl Wilson]

There was a mod published in the model engineer workshop mag about a stiffening rod for the column on these.

You might not get full table movement due to the proximity of your filing cabinet.

 

[skotl]

Bruce Whitham in Oz makes a kit to maintain alignment.

Yeah - he charges around £300, which is almost as much as my mill cost.

I had half an idea about using a piece of 20mm thick plate to do something similar

 

[Seadog]

The one pictured isn't going to be very rigid.

 

[123hotchef]

There was a mod published in the model engineer workshop mag about a stiffening rod for the column on these.

You might not get full table movement due to the proximity of your filing cabinet.

I do i tried it out it is posistioned just so

 

[123hotchef]

Looks like yours has a stiffening rod to stop it rotating round the column - any more info on that and, if it works well, can we get some more detailed pics please?

it came with I can grab some pics tomorrow mate, it seems to work well a bearing in there too