05-11-2015, 07:54 AM
This would be my first mill- and likely my last unless I could seriously persuade the good lady otherwise! There are about half a dozen horizontal cutters with it. I have plenty of room in the workshop, it's more the finance that is the limiting factor!
That sounds like serious project material there Steve, I'm currently in the process of setting up a backyard foundry a la Artful Bodger....hmmm, some castings to attach an independently powered mill head to the top part of the machine, and use the existing power feed for the table...... a Frankenmill project sounds like fun.
I'm on the opposite side of the continent from Darren, but machinery is probably not much easier to come by over this side. Thumping huge, ancient, worn-out industrial machines are most of what is on offer. I have an unfortunate habit of getting excited about something that appears on eBay and then watching the price go to triple my budget in the last hour or so, there seem to be plenty of guys competing for the few machines that come up. The fact that this machine is so close, and could be loaded and unloaded from my trailer relatively easily, is a big plus.
(05-11-2015, 06:39 AM)stevec Wrote: Pete, might it be possible to adapt the overarm to accept a vertical mill head? That would give you more room from table to cutter, higher machining speed capabilities and the flexibility of TWO machines.
Just a thought.
Steve
That sounds like serious project material there Steve, I'm currently in the process of setting up a backyard foundry a la Artful Bodger....hmmm, some castings to attach an independently powered mill head to the top part of the machine, and use the existing power feed for the table...... a Frankenmill project sounds like fun.
I'm on the opposite side of the continent from Darren, but machinery is probably not much easier to come by over this side. Thumping huge, ancient, worn-out industrial machines are most of what is on offer. I have an unfortunate habit of getting excited about something that appears on eBay and then watching the price go to triple my budget in the last hour or so, there seem to be plenty of guys competing for the few machines that come up. The fact that this machine is so close, and could be loaded and unloaded from my trailer relatively easily, is a big plus.
Lathe (n); a machine tool used in the production of milling machine components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.
Milling Machine (n); a machine tool used in the production of lathe components.