Great little project there deez , lathe, mill and a new horizon of projects, skills, knowledge and enjoyment 😊

Looks great bud thanks for sharing

A couple time saver hints. If you start your hole pattern at 45° instead of zero you will not have to turn your stock under the mill, which saves an alignment step. Then, since drills are cheaper than end mills, after you drill the corner holes go to a drill the same size as your square, or close to it, and drill out the center. Then all you need to do with the end mill is clean up the corners. Nice hammer. One of my first projects for my first mini mill was a drawbar hammer, but mine was easier than yours because I had a hex head drawbar, so the head of my hammer was a deep well socket with a brass face pressed into the square and fixed by threading the handle through it.

Nice Deez, that tool came out great! Now you have to figure out where to keep it. Magnets on the side of the mill maybe.

Cool project. No disrepect but I think I like your running commentary videos better. It gives us a better understanding of the steps your are taking and why.

Deez, Looks like you're getting a little more comfortable with the equipment. I would agree you should add lube when milling, but the chips in the pocket will snap bits. So I would make sure they don't build up. Instead of the bit cutting, it's riding on chips and just getting pressured enough to snap.

Great job Deez. You are getting those finishes nailed down. Im not sure if you are aware, but I wouldn't feel right not mentioning that your ball oiler on your carriage left side v way is collapsed. Bad for debris.

I would say too aggressive depth of cut and no cutting oil maybe why you broke that end mill.

I appreciate your review and demonstration of this lathe but please work safer. Gloves should never be worn while operating a lathe and neither should rings. Also only move the machine by hand while using the tap, also you can hold it in the tap wrench still but with pressure from the tailstock to hold it straight while threading, if the tap hasnt broken yet its definitely coming close. It is a small machine but it's still plenty strong enough to seriously mess up your hands if not pull you in. I remember a picture in my high-school machine shop class a a finger with a ring on it... and all the tendons behind it all the way up to the elbow cause that is what gets pulled off when a lathe grabs a ring.