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G. Dufour right angle head gear
- Thread starter Bmeins
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JRIowa
Diamond
- Joined
- May 27, 2003
- Location
- Marshalltown, Iowa, USA
French made machine. Good luck on finding a vertical head. I'm guessing there are not many around on this side of the pond.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/dufours-milling-machine-153414/
JR
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/general/dufours-milling-machine-153414/
JR
Tyrone Shoelaces
Diamond
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2006
- Location
- Manchester, England
" Dufour " made very good milling machines, usually they were to found in tool rooms. They didn't do big big but they were pretty versatile in design. I worked on one many years ago and I liked it.
Not much chance of getting spare parts these days.
Regards Tyrone.
Not much chance of getting spare parts these days.
Regards Tyrone.
Fabworks
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2013
- Location
- California, USA
Here is a link to a Forum in France for milling machines... I found manuals for my Dufour 51 there tho they are in French. I used Google translate ( Google Translate ) to transcribe them into English. Use the search function (box at upper right of page) to find info on the 61.
Fraiseuses | Usinages
Good Luck !!!
Fraiseuses | Usinages
Good Luck !!!
Matgyver
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2013
- Location
- New Zealand
Hi guys, i have just purchased a dufour milling machine not sure which model it is,
Im giving it a clean up now, seems like a very versatile robust machine.
I have a few questions the spindle bearings in the universal head look to be greased through two ball oiler type fittings and the gear looks to be periodically greased through and inspection hatch the other side looks to be oil filled has top and bottom plugs i was going to fill with iso 68 hydraulic oil as i believe from what i can find online it calls for mobil dte heavy medium any thoughts ?
Im giving it a clean up now, seems like a very versatile robust machine.
I have a few questions the spindle bearings in the universal head look to be greased through two ball oiler type fittings and the gear looks to be periodically greased through and inspection hatch the other side looks to be oil filled has top and bottom plugs i was going to fill with iso 68 hydraulic oil as i believe from what i can find online it calls for mobil dte heavy medium any thoughts ?
Matgyver
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2013
- Location
- New Zealand
Fabworks
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2013
- Location
- California, USA
Here is a photo of the lube chart from DuFour.
The universal head (tete universelle) uses Vactra 2 oil and Aeroshell grease 11.
The universal head (tete universelle) uses Vactra 2 oil and Aeroshell grease 11.
pmailkeey
Plastic
- Joined
- Jun 30, 2013
- Location
- Millom, uk
There's the gear that bolts onto the horizontal spindle. This will drive the vertical head.
THEN there's the 'extension gear' in a bracket which goes between the H spindle gear and the V head. This gives another ~10 inches of height to the V spindle over the table.
Mike.
