Well this is something Ive been meaning to do for a while, the cross slide travel is not what it could be on the mini lathe and I often feel I could do with an extra inch or so (no sniggering). The idea came from this site
http://warhammer.mcc.virginia.edu/ty/7x10/xslidemod.html
As the first job for my new mill I decided to live dangerously and mill out the excess material on the saddle

, believe it or not this is how it looked from the factory


And after a bit of judicious metal murdering just enough material was removed to allow the full length of the screw to be used..

Heres a few boring pics of turning the spacer..
Finishing cut, 34mm

Parting off, total length of spacer 25mm, I know I shouldn't really use the live center to support the workpeice when parting but I find it easier that way. BTW the new taper bearings in the lathe have greatly increased my confidence when parting...look I even managed to take a pic while parting!!

I got a bit over-excited and forgot to take any pictures of the milling but here is the finished part..

And here it is mocked up on the lathe..

The only thing left to do is extend the shaft on the cross-slide screw then I should be good to go..
David