leeko
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- Joined
- Jun 30, 2012
- Location
- Chicago, USA
Hi everyone,
I posted this over in the antique machinery forum, before I realized there's a specific forum for these. Mods, feel free to delete the other post if necessary, thanks.
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I just won an auction for an Elgin HM-5C horizontal mill, and am pretty pleased - I'd been keeping my eyes open for a small horizontal for a while.
The mill as pictured is set up with pneumatic (hydraulic?) power feed, which looks pretty clunky. But, I've seen at least one other example that looks essentially identical so I'm wondering if it was a factory accessory?
I've never used a mill with pneumatic power feed, and I'm too impatient to wait till I pick it up, so I have a couple of questions for you guys [emoji4]
- is the power feed likely just for the x-axis? (Not sure if that's evident from the single pic I have)
- is a power feed like this useable/practical in a home shop environment? I'm assuming it just needs an air supply, with relatively modest CFM requirements?
- if it's not practical to use it, how easy would it be to remove and go back to manual/handwheels? I'm guessing it should just be a matter of sourcing missing handwheels, but just wondering if this type of feed ever involves irreversible modifications to the mill?
Thanks in advance! I'll make sure to update the thread once I get her home.
Lee
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I posted this over in the antique machinery forum, before I realized there's a specific forum for these. Mods, feel free to delete the other post if necessary, thanks.
___
I just won an auction for an Elgin HM-5C horizontal mill, and am pretty pleased - I'd been keeping my eyes open for a small horizontal for a while.
The mill as pictured is set up with pneumatic (hydraulic?) power feed, which looks pretty clunky. But, I've seen at least one other example that looks essentially identical so I'm wondering if it was a factory accessory?
I've never used a mill with pneumatic power feed, and I'm too impatient to wait till I pick it up, so I have a couple of questions for you guys [emoji4]
- is the power feed likely just for the x-axis? (Not sure if that's evident from the single pic I have)
- is a power feed like this useable/practical in a home shop environment? I'm assuming it just needs an air supply, with relatively modest CFM requirements?
- if it's not practical to use it, how easy would it be to remove and go back to manual/handwheels? I'm guessing it should just be a matter of sourcing missing handwheels, but just wondering if this type of feed ever involves irreversible modifications to the mill?
Thanks in advance! I'll make sure to update the thread once I get her home.
Lee
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