07-09-2012, 11:31 AM
Sunset, thanks for the vid I enjoyed it. I fell in lover with the planer action years ago when I visited a Fla. agent of a German blister packaging machinery manufacturer. They had resurected an old planer and fitted bridgeport milling heads where the single point tools go (I think they had two because the planer had 2 independant feed screws for the tool holders.
Anyway, they were able to machine 6 foot (prolly 1.8288 meter) x 1 ft. wide tracks with grooves to accomodate the diferent blister sizes for different blister tooling.
I imagine a modern mill to handle 6' plus jobs woulda cost a lot more than the old planer even with it's modifications.
Anyway, they were able to machine 6 foot (prolly 1.8288 meter) x 1 ft. wide tracks with grooves to accomodate the diferent blister sizes for different blister tooling.
I imagine a modern mill to handle 6' plus jobs woulda cost a lot more than the old planer even with it's modifications.
Busy Bee 12-36 lathe, Busy Bee Mill drill, Busy Bee 4x6 bandsaw, Homemade 9x17 bandsaw, Ad infinitum.