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Your First Hobby Milling Machine!

So you have decided you want to start getting serious with your Garage DIY Projects. You may already have a Drill Press, but that limits you to only drilling holes. How about make accurate slots, or even complex shapes for your components. Whatever you plan on making, a Milling Machine is an ideal addition to your tools! Lets get you Started on your Journey:
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Happy Lab Vienna SYIL X7

Helping You Make The Most Of Your Investment

Whether you require training, technical advice or additional support, we are here to help you make the most of your investment.

Despite Brexit, we will happily travel all over to assist our valued customers with installation, consulting and training. (more…)
spread the cost of your new machine

A New Way To Purchase Your Machine Today!

Spread the cost of your new machine

With the cost of everything going up, keeping cash reserves in your company is probably very wise. But manufacturing never stops, so how does a growing company cope? By spreading the financial burden. With a good finance package your BigRep or SYIL purchase can come a lot sooner. (more…)
how to crane lift a bench mill

How-To Crane Lift Your Bench Top Mill

Expert Tips And Tricks On How To Lift Your Mill Safely

Despite the small size, our EMV-25VBB Bench top mill is pretty heavy at 175kg. The safest way to lift the mill is to use a crane or hoist. In this video we show you a few tips and tricks on how to lift your mill safely. (more…)
CAD mock up of R8 Spindle and QTC tooling

Drawbar tension for R8 and MT3 collets to work safely with QTC tooling?

We have been asked on a number of occasions, and seen in a number of forums, the question of "How much tension should I put on my drawbar when I use  Emvio (or Tormach) repeatable Z tooling?" This question is a very common for those looking to make a pneumatically actuated drawbar using Belville washers. So what do you need to know about Drawbar Tension? (more…)

3D printing obsolete machine parts

Being thrifty in the time of turmiol and economic difficulty is imperative to survive as a company. This has been the case with Oyzo manufacturers Giokarinis of Samos. Every summer we return to Samos for around two weeks to return to our roots and the directors of the company are close personal friends. It was over a glass of ouzo that we started discussing that their factory would have to reduce production in as they were having issues with sourcing spare parts. Bearing in mind that the machines are mature and well used, the original manufacturer had sold up and there are capital controls in place, it was almost impossible to source and import parts. We took on the challenge to design and manufacture some of the more critical wear parts: the bottle neck grippers (more…)