I love machining parts. Whether its for a class project, a student organization, or just for me, machining never fails to calm me down. I love the precision I can get out of parts, I love the methodical process needed to succeed, I love the feeling as the cutter removes metal like it's butter, and I love the final look of a perfect part coming out of the vise. However, I do not want to strictly be a machinist for the rest of my life, and I have accepted that I will need some desk and computer time. That is where my mini mill idea came from. I wanted to make a desktop model of a mill that moved just like a real mill, with three axes of motion and a moving spindle. I decided to model it after the Bridgeport milling machine, a classic machine that I've loved working on in the past.