Behold!... The Frankenmill!!!

Frank R · Dec 4, 2019

Do not look away...

Gaze upon its ugliness...

The motor, belt, and pulleys are missing. Probably making it even uglier.

A guy I know built this years ago to do light hobby machining on a small budget. He grew up around machines all his life and is quite brilliant. He told me he has one quality that many wanna-be machinists lack: patience. He is in no hurry to get the job done. He can work with lighter machines and still complete his projects.

plastikdreams · Dec 4, 2019

Might wanna think about cncing that beast

thermite · Dec 4, 2019

Frank R said:
Do not look away...

Gaze upon its ugliness...

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The motor, belt, and pulleys are missing. Probably making it even uglier.

A guy I know built this years ago to do light hobby machining on a small budget. He grew up around machines all his life and is quite brilliant. He told me he has one quality that many wanna-be machinists lack: patience. He is in no hurry to get the job done. He can work with lighter machines and still complete his projects.

To quote one of my more resourceful Officer grads, a "Baltimoron" by heritage:

"That's about the UGLIEST thing I've seen since the hawgs ate my little brother."

Hafta add, I'd bet the lard, bacon, ham, and pork chops were still OK though.

3006guns · Dec 4, 2019

Actually, I think it's pretty clever. Hey, little money so you have to make do sometimes. The only thing I'd question is that X/Y import drill press vice.............

Frank R · Dec 5, 2019

The components, as far as I can tell, include:

An engine stand
An engine block
Two angle plates
A cross slide from a Logan lathe for vertical adjustment
An import drill press vice
Some home made brackets for the motor mount
A head from a Sherline-like lathe or mill, but with re-built arbor.
A drafting lamp

M.B. Naegle · Dec 5, 2019

Probably has more and better iron in the engine block "frame" than in most horrible fright mills.

roachie · Dec 9, 2019

Somewhere I seen a book that had plans on how to convert an old I6 or large 4cyl block into a make shift horizontal mill. Regrettably, I also passed up an old (1948 I think) copy of popular mechanics that was a manual on how to make a drill press from a washing machine motor and a ford T or A rear axle, using parts from a Ford B transmission.

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