Let's See Your Mill

[stevec]

The pics are prolly on the "old" website which I believe is no longer accessible. Greg, I do remember Conrod and his engine block mill.
He was a neat guy!
It appears it's only my short term memory that's failing.
What were we talking about?

[EdK]

(09-24-2012, 01:00 PM)f350ca Wrote: There was a chap years ago on the machine builders network (Conrod was his handle) who made a horizontal mill out of a 4 cylinder engine block. Steve will probably remember, or should but you can never tell these days. The spindle was mounted in one of the bores and I believe the top arm as well. Used connecting rods from an engine the end spindle support. Was a pretty neat machine.

Is this the one?

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/multimachine/

Ed

[stevec]

Ed, I got scared off when I saw the "calendar" selection page.
Sorry!

[f350ca]

Thats similar Ed but not it, his was bench mounted if memory serves me but usually it doesn't. It was written up in a magazine maybe, will look for a copy of the article.

[sasquatch]

Conrod is a friend of mine, and the write up was i believe in Homeshop Machinist Magazine in maybe 2002?
He is still around, but into guns and gun repair/modifications now after loosing his wife, downsized his equipment , moved to another town, and has since remarried.

Yup, a great guy and talented.

[Highpower]

Another one....

[f350ca]

THATS IT Thanks Willie
Sasquatch i wondered where he evaporated to. If your talking to him say Hi, might remember me.

[TOM REED]

That is a really interesting and ingenious mill. I would really like to see the whole article. tom

[sasquatch]

That's the one,, thanks Highpower for finding those pics!!

Greg will do, hear from him from time to time.

[bobm4360]

Thanks for the compliments! The mill has a factory "slow speed" countershaft with 5-step sheaves, and came with lever feeds on all axes. Shortly after buying it , the vertical micrometer feed was purchased, the other 2 feeds much later. I bought it at a company sale with 2 arbors and about 25 cutters for a ridiculously low price, covered with coolant sludge and a very little rust on the overarm and table. I was told that it had about 100 hours of use, but it wasn't what the company wanted. "Restoration" was about 3-4 hours of rags, kerosene, and 4-0 steel wool. It IS a stout little machine as befits a production tool, and AFAIK, it's still in production and parts are available.
Regards,
Bob