TwoGortons
Plastic
- Joined
- Sep 3, 2009
- Location
- Madison Heights, VA
Just checking to see if I am in a boat with anyone else.
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The best part about the Gorton mills is that they are dirt cheap. The worst part is that most have a B&S taper.
Walter A.
Yes, I believe the Gorton taper was only for the first series of mills - 8D, 8 1/2D and the 9J. The later ones may have eliminated the Gorton taper. I don't have specs, but about half of it is a straight shank, then half is a steep taper, perhaps most similar to a smaller version of 30 taper. There were a few machines with their own taper at that time.
I had a 1-22 Mastermill that was as accurate and solid as anything in its class, variable speed with back gear ( 65 - 4600 RPM ), #30 NMTB taper, variable feeds on table and quill (Dyna Drive II). I am sorry it had to go but circumstanses prevailed! If I remember; Famco bought the Gorton line from Kearney and Trecker and still offers parts for some of their machines.
This is a shameless plug: I have the complete Gorton collet set up in the #30 NMTB taper with the ZZ collets mentioned above in 1/8" increments to 1" and the opperator and maintenance manuals for that machine if there is an interested individual.
Dan
Unless that is exactly what you need at this point in time... it's way too high.
Walter A.
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