On the Phoenix craigslist there is a Heald horizontal mill ,my Google fu did not turn up much . Went to have a look and it is tooling less, I did ID the spindle
a B&S #9 . Biggest problem no outboard overarm support!! Anyone ever seen or heard of one of these critters? Made by the Heald grinder people? Looks like
it has a back gear but most speeds are belt changes. 6.5 X 30" table and looks to have a bunch of Z ,didn't measure that.
I've got a Heald horizontal just about like that one, except that it has a NMTB #40 spindle.
To the best of my knowledge, no connection with the Heald grinder people.
I have the overarm support with mine, although I've often thought about casting another one to use with arbors with larger pilots. The toughest part would probably be getting the spacing exact when boring the overarm holes, I would think. You could then mount the support on the overarms and use the mill itself to bore the bearing hole, which should get it perfect.
Mine came with two problems, both since fixed:
1. The countershaft runs in plain bronze bearings, which are awkward to lube and therefore probably were not. One end was worn through into the cast iron.
2. The casting on the right hand end of the table, which has the gears for the quick return, was broken due to the table having been cranked too far.
The door on mine says "HEALD MACHINE WORKS" instead of "E. M. HEALD MACHINE WORKS". Not sure if that makes it earlier or later.
Mine does not have the cover for the feed pulleys. If you don't buy it and they end up scrapping it, I'd be interested.
I believe that some of them had a gearbox for the feeds. Mine doesn't, which means that feed direction is dependent on spindle rotation direction. Would be nice to be able to reverse the feed direction on occasion.
It's a good solid mill. It doesn't have the flexibility of a Bridgeport-type vertical mill, but then there is nothing to go out of tram. Pros vs. cons.
I've got some Heald sales literature which I scanned. Let me know if you get it, and I'll see if I can dig it out.
John