Hopefuldave
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2010
- Location
- Surrey, England
Definitely an antique, or at least historic...
I've seen a for-sale ad for this mill a couple of hours' drive away, for a reasonable price ($500 US, roughly) - it has a good set of accessories, vertical (non-quill-feed) head, dividing head and spiral milling gearbox etc., the arbor drop support's with it and it looks as though under 80? years of grime it might be in good shape(ish), at least nothing appears to be broken, anyone have or know these?
It's the universal with swinging table and looks like it's spent Some Time cutting helical gears, the open rear-mounted motor suggests to me that it's probably from the 20's or 30's as does the lack of the feed dial on the knee.
Is it likely to have power feeds in all directions, rapids etc.? Is it all one motor for spindle, feeds and suds pump (making it easy to tack a VFD onto)or would one that early have a separate feed motor? The picture isn't too clear, and I'd like to have an idea of its capabilities before taking a day making the round-trip to check it over, in case it won't do what I want of it...
Obviously it's getting on for a century old, other than wear and tear are there any faults this model's prone to to watch out for and if possible test for?
It would look Quite Appropriate cleaned up and sat opposite my Holbrook...
Thanks for any help
Dave H. (who likes the cut of its jib...)
I've seen a for-sale ad for this mill a couple of hours' drive away, for a reasonable price ($500 US, roughly) - it has a good set of accessories, vertical (non-quill-feed) head, dividing head and spiral milling gearbox etc., the arbor drop support's with it and it looks as though under 80? years of grime it might be in good shape(ish), at least nothing appears to be broken, anyone have or know these?
It's the universal with swinging table and looks like it's spent Some Time cutting helical gears, the open rear-mounted motor suggests to me that it's probably from the 20's or 30's as does the lack of the feed dial on the knee.
Is it likely to have power feeds in all directions, rapids etc.? Is it all one motor for spindle, feeds and suds pump (making it easy to tack a VFD onto)or would one that early have a separate feed motor? The picture isn't too clear, and I'd like to have an idea of its capabilities before taking a day making the round-trip to check it over, in case it won't do what I want of it...
Obviously it's getting on for a century old, other than wear and tear are there any faults this model's prone to to watch out for and if possible test for?
It would look Quite Appropriate cleaned up and sat opposite my Holbrook...
Thanks for any help
Dave H. (who likes the cut of its jib...)
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