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(05-08-2024, 10:18 AM)JScott Wrote: The Horror Fright mill and lathe along with the 4x6 bandsaw
You may be pleasantly surprised at the fit and finish of the HF machines. I got one of their 7x12 mini lathes three years ago and am very impressed with the quality. Maybe I just got lucky, but hopefully you will to.
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Mine is the 7x10 and I haven't had the opportunity to try it yet. I bought it from my friend Sherman last August. In fact, I purchased his HF mini mill and he included a huge quantity of tooling. End mills of all diameters and configurations; two flute, four flute, HSS, carbide, ball nose, etc. A pretty complete set of 5C and R8 collets. A set of ER32 collets with an MT2 collet chuck. All sizes of square tool bits for the lathe in HSS, brazed carbide and a couple of tool bars to hold inserts. All kinds of small, brazed carbide boring bars, and a little grinding vise. Sherman was a tool and die maker that apprenticed in Chicago and then took a job with IBM in Boulder, CO. As you can imagine he collected a lot of goodies over the 40+ years he spent in the trade. He gifted me many great items like a sine bar, micrometers, calipers, parallels, even a Moore chair edge finder. That edge finder is one of my prized pieces of tooling/metrology.
Anyway, sadly he passed away last October. I was very fortunate that my travels allowed me to visit him twice last year and spend some good time with him. I'll miss him but I hope to continue his legacy even though its through a hobby. I'm sure he's happy seeing his machines being used. I've got a bunch of little projects that I'm going to tackle this fall and winter here in Colombia that I'm going to post here. And as I said I'll try and keep y'all posted as I start to make some progress. Cheers!
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