Milacron's Alzmmetal was 4 MT. Just enough'serious DP" that he hooked me on having an Alzmetall, but there yah go.. I've had neither need of nor room for an ATW Hole Wizard, or C-B anyway!
Mine
IS 5 MT (much older AB5/S - circa 1950 I think) if it is tooling compatibility that is a factor.
Did the research - I cannot push a 3" spade drill with only 7.5 HP and available feed rates and strength, but a helical or annular is not really a problem.
Are not, at least, the "column" machines still made inside the borders of Germany?
http://www.alzmetall.de/alzmetall/index.php?id=bohrmaschinen&L=1
Willis carries 'part of' their line, probably can get the rest, and there are radials in the mix.
No longer showing over #4 MT/MK, even as a listed
option, but at what they charge, and for as many years as they DID ship #5, it is probably still available as a special order.
Meanwhile.. costs.. acquisition, transport, installation, training on differences, all those costs matter, too, no?.
Unless the one there now has lunched its geartrain - and maybe even if it HAS, "somewhat" - it should, as Wes noted, be rebuildable. Very much so.
Reconditioning a DP's spindle is the easier part. Drivetrain & feed, less-so.
