Brown & Sharpe 12 mill info

[Marshall Henderson]

I could use some help.
Found a machine on Ebay that is within 250 miles of where I live.

Here is the listing
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220007230070

Any weak areas that I need to ask about?
Does it look like it is a jewel in the rough or something that I need to run away from?

Never have used a mill like this. Any coments good or bad would be great.

Thanks
Marshall

 

[Dave A]

The photos are poor, but I think when the seller says "production milling machine", he means it has no handles to move the table manually. I don't see any handles and if correct, it is not really very practical for a home, or small shop.

 

[JimK]

The Brown and Sharpe No. 12 is a plain bed type production milling machine.

While the No. 12 is one of the finest old line "bed mills" it is practically useless in a home shop or in most general purpose machine shops.

 

[Marshall Henderson]

Thanks!
Thats the type of information I needed.
Will pass on this one, there will be another.

Marshall

 

[aura]

The glorious number 12

The No 12 production miller was part of my apprenticeship, Form the foundry storage yard to the production floor I have a tremendous amount of appreciation for the machine. I was assigned to a journeyman to experience running it,

 

[Preso Matic]

The No 12 production miller was part of my apprenticeship, Form the foundry storage yard to the production floor I have a tremendous amount of appreciation for the machine. I was assigned to a journeyman to experience running it,

Hey Aura, I know this thread is a little old but I liked that you experienced the No 12. We have one in our company that we use for production of a specific part. I need to find another one. It is actually the perfect for our job. If you know of any around I am on the hunt for one (or two).