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This is all about making a mini mill belt drive for the gear driven mini milling machine. A great upgrade that will result in a quieter and smoother milling machine. These mini milling machines (eg Amadeal XJ12-300) with the back gears suffer from gearbox failures and mine did some time ago – read about the … Read more
The spring head lift doesn’t work very well with the Mini Mill and so I did a Mini Mill gas strut conversion. The spring that lifts the head of the milling machine (Amadeal XJ12-300) has been annoying me for some time. One big issue is the force is not consistent. However, it looked like a … Read more
An article about Upgrading the Mini Mill with Taper Roller Bearings, giving part numbers and the impact of changing to taper bearings. I bought an Amadeal XJ12-300 milling machine, sometimes called a Mini Mill, this is actually a Real Bull milling machine. I bought this as it was cheap, but since buying it I’ve spent a … Read more
The Mini Mill gearbox or more accurately, repairing the Mini Mill gearbox after you break the plastic gears. This is the Real Bull XJ9512 milling machine or for this particular case the Amadeal XJ12-300. I’d been using my mini mill (Amadeal XJ-300) for around 2 years and all was fine. Then I pushed it a … Read more
A review of the Amadeal XJ12-300 Milling Machine. I’ve been looking for a milling machine for some time and have been surfing the web. This can drive you insane as their are a number of machines on offer, some just a variation on a theme with a common source based in China (Real Bull Machine … Read more