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10-30-2009, 05:01 AM
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Hot Rolled
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Sudbury Ontario, Canada
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Atlantic (van norman ) 1RQ mill on ebay
I was stumbling around Ebay and saw this.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_2620wt_941
I thought it looked like a Van Norman so I did a little reasearch. I was supprised to see that it was (sort of)... We don't see many machines with a quill for sale.
if I was closed I'd have it, but it's 3000 miles away :-((
Pete
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10-30-2009, 07:10 AM
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Stainless
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SF Bay Area
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That seller is dreaming at $3,800. It'd be a nice buy at about half that.
Just for reference, here's some nice shots of a sparkly 1RQ:
http://www.toolbit.net/vn/
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10-30-2009, 07:03 PM
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Aluminum
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Hot Springs Arkansas
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Kind of interesting. Though the quill in the second link looks kind of whimpy even compared to a bridgeport quill unless its a lot bigger than it appears in the picture.
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10-30-2009, 09:09 PM
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Stainless
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: SF Bay Area
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Quote:
Originally Posted by scatter cat
Though the quill in the second link looks kind of whimpy even compared to a bridgeport quill unless its a lot bigger than it appears in the picture.
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Did you mean on the eBay one, or the link I put? In the link I put, what you're seeing is a tool holder of some sort, not the quill. The quill is 3.5" diameter. (I have a VN 16S, which has the same spindle head as the 1RQ, which is how I know)
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10-31-2009, 04:38 AM
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Titanium
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Elkins WV
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Huh, I've never seen an Ex-Cell-O badged Van Norman. Didn't know such a thing existed.
Andy
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10-31-2009, 06:19 AM
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Aluminum
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: North Adams, Massachusetts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy FitzGibbon
Huh, I've never seen an Ex-Cell-O badged Van Norman. Didn't know such a thing existed.
Andy
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Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. Is this perhaps a post-'81 machine? Did ExCello take over the VN milling machine production where as Winona took over the VN automotive machines? Or were there a bunch of unsold built VN's that Excello bought at a going-out-of-business sale and just slapped their name on?
Mark
Berkshire Transmissions
North Adams, Massachusetts
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10-31-2009, 09:19 AM
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Diamond
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 5,479
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The serial # on the dataplate ends in 77, which probably indicates 1977. My 2G ends in 68, pretty sure that's year of production on it.
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11-03-2009, 10:25 AM
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Cast Iron
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 258
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Here is a quote from the RPI website:
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We are the OEM supplier of parts and accessories for the Van Norman Milling Machines and the Atlantic Jig Bore. These machine tool lines were acquired from the Atlantic division of Excell-o Corp. We are not currently manufacturing machines, but can supply parts for your existing machines.
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http://www.repair-parts-inc.com/about.htm
That should narrow down the timeframe for this machine.
I was just on their site to see about some replacement parts to get mine fixed up.
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01-30-2010, 10:42 PM
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Diamond
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 5,479
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No arbor support, vise or tooling of any type with that VN. If he'll mark it down about $2300 more, it'll be getting into tempting territory, but he's smoking crack if he thinks he'll get $3200 for it. Same on the Bports, I think he's asking about three times what he'll ever get for them.
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