Let's See Your Mill

[Rickabilly]

Hello Bill,

That would be the perfect mill to finish your radial on, big enough to do serious work but small enough to still have some "feel"

Well done,

Best Regards
Rick

[EdK]

Bill,

What Clausing model is that mill?

Ed

[truckin23]

Here's what I got done Sunday with a gallon jug of evapro-rust from o'reilley auto parts 22.99
and a 16.50 sheet of heavy mill plastic I made my own dipping tank and it worked great this was only 2 hours in the solution
table was really rusted because the person had layed it face down on a moving blanket covered in dog hair
and it must have gotten wet what a mess I'm still going to dip it one more time but so far I'm really pleased with this product .

[Bogstandard]

This is my mill about a month after delivery, about 3.5 years ago. It came with the power feeds on all axis, to allow me to use it, and I had just taken off the 2 axis DRO and fitted a 3 axis one. The one I took off was then fitted to my new lathe, to take it up to a 4 axis DRO.

It is an 836, mini Bridgeport type, a full sized one wouldn't fit because of the ceiling height, 2HP, full variable speed up to 2200, and hasn't missed a beat in all the time I have had it.



I later fitted a 4th axis to the quill using a cheapo Chinese scale running off a wall wart through a transformer so no batteries, just a capacitor between the battery terminals, and then feeding the readout to a small scale fitted on top of my normal DRO.



A few months later, I then converted a Bridgeport right angle drive and matching horizontal arbor to fit my machine, and it works an absolute treat.



It required a pair of tapered blocks making, to change the angle to what my machine uses.



I can now sit at this mill all day and machine to my hearts desire.

John

[Bill Gruby]

(07-17-2012, 06:18 AM)EdK Wrote: Bill,

What Clausing model is that mill?

Ed

It's an 8520 Ed.

"Billy G"

[truckin23]

John ,
What an awesome setup you did a beautiful job on that mill I really like the horizontial conversion .

Bob

[EdK]

Nice job John.

Ed

[EdK]

Here you go Bill. The Youtube video is an eight part series of videos on refurbishing a Clausing 8520.

http://www.wentztech.com/metalworking/eq...8520-mill/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8u_XlL1LWY

http://www.wentztech.com/metalworking/pr...o-install/

Ed

[Bill Gruby]

Thanx a heap Ed. There is a lot of info in there that I can really use. Like most older machine, the paperwofk for mine is long gone.

"Billy G"

[Bogstandard]

Many thanks gents.

The right angle head is more versatile than people think, not just for horizontal arbor milling. Used by itself it is perfect for gang milling slots like in the pictures below, or even drilling or milling into the end of a long part that is impossible to hold on either the mill, drill press or lathe.
One of the major jobs I will be using mine for is putting the centres on the end of a large crankshaft that is to be turned on the lathe, it is over 12" long and 1" thick, with a total throw of 2.5", and by using this angled head, the centres will be drilled in exactly the correct positions.



They can even be found for smaller machines. I have seen them fitted to round column RF mill/drills.


John