Atlantic (van norman ) 1RQ mill on ebay

[shapeaholic]

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

[mark thomas]

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/

[scatter cat]

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.

[mark thomas]

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.

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)

[Andy FitzGibbon]

Huh, I've never seen an Ex-Cell-O badged Van Norman. Didn't know such a thing existed.
Andy

[FirstEliminator]

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

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

[Mike C.]

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.

[JacobS]

Here is a quote from the RPI website:

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.

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.