# Altmill vertical milling thoughts **URL:** \ **Category:** 📄 General\ **Created:** [December 3, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/altmill-vertical-milling-thoughts/14989 "2024-12-03T21:40:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 6
**Author:** ![Spamming\_Eddie](https://forum.sienci.com/user_avatar/forum.sienci.com/spamming_eddie/32/7296_2.png) [@Spamming\_Eddie](https://forum.sienci.com/u/Spamming_Eddie)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.sienci.com/t/altmill-vertical-milling-thoughts/14989/6 "2024-12-04T10:13:39Z")
ah yes, well vertical milling is sometimes refered to as mounting the complete machine vertical. > **[Can the LongMill work vertically? | Sienci Labs](https://sienci.com/2019/04/05/can-the-longmill-work-vertically/?srsltid=AfmBOorEeY-u5XXMOLEFjO5oPtM1VGhHvolH_gOCW3A7d72CXmoTgUcw)** > > We've been getting a lot of questions from customers on whether or not the LongMill can be mounted vertically, such as on a wall or on the floor, to help save space in a cramped workshop. In this video, we show the LongMill running a job vertically.... I have my mill on a slab of mdf, resting but not mounted to my table. I’m still on the fence about cutting out a piece of mdf at the front so I can slide the hole mill over the edge of the table and do the vertical thing. I have not encoutered the need to do so, so I have not implemented that option yet… Your solution surely is novel and I always like out of the box thinking. You might wanna try and mount some dead weight at the position you envision your extended spindle to go, just to see if the machine can handle that extra weight that far out. it might put a fair amount of strain on the various components that may cause extra wear. keeping a weight tight to your body is way easier than holding it at arms length. Maybe opt for a small palm router as your vertical mill unit? Someone had another novel idea on mounting the complete spindle vertically to be able to handle longer stock. maybe look into that idea aswell? > [@Mounting the Router in the Y direction for end-of-board work](https://forum.sienci.com/t/mounting-the-router-in-the-y-direction-for-end-of-board-work/14351): > > I am writing to tell you about a modification I have made to my Longmill that you may be interested in and some areas where I need some help. I have been interested in being able to do milling on the ends of boards in order to do tenons, dovetails, and more complicated joints. The solutions I see on your website all include mounting the boards vertically either through a hole in the table or on the edge of a shortened work table. The obvious disadvantage of this is that the longest board one … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.sienci.com/t/altmill-vertical-milling-thoughts/14989)._