SIEG X2 Mini Mill CNC Build - Introduction

Sunday, April 9, 2017
Some of you might remember that several years ago I used to own a Harbor Freight Mini Mill, AKA SIEG X2. At one point I upgraded the X-Y table to the LMS large table assembly and the old small table has been collecting dust under my workbench. I couldn't force myself to throw it away but couldn't find a use for it either. Until a few weeks ago, that is, until I stumbled across a series of three videos by Stefan Gotteswinter in which he rebuilds a Chinese angle plate. In the introduction to the first video he explains that he bought it as a "set of castings" and proceeds to completely re-machine the whole thing. This gave me an idea...