Themanualguy
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2014
- Location
- Wollongong, Australia
G'day Gents, I posted a thread about a cincinnati #2 vs #3 to see if the parts were interchangable with the answer, most probably not. Some items have proven to fit.
During that thread I mentioned about a broken "bracket under saddle" on the right hand side of the miller as you look at it straight on. A splined shaft comes out of the column and transmits drive to the table screw via this "bracket". This is why I started this thread, to show others how I fixed the issue, how I fix other issues I come across and also what I will end up doing with the machine once its back running again.
So, I run a small, all manual job shop focused mainly on producing new parts for heavy industrial hydraulic cylinders, steel mill equipment, mining machinery, generally fluid transfer and power transmission work. My work is mainly 1 or 2 pieces, made from plate steel profiles, bar stock and the occasional weldment. I also do some repair work on things such as workrolls for a Galvanising line and some hydraulic cylinder rebuild work.
The decision to add the cincinatti mill to my existing two turret mills was to handle the heavier workpeices I run into. Typically heavy profiles and large castings for water valves etc.
The machine came up locally for $1500, in the suburb over, being sold by a mechanic who bought it, but was disappointed when it didn't "drill like a drill press."
After some inspection of the machine I found it to have a broken casting underneath the saddle. Using this I bargained him down to $1000, I could of gotten cheaper probably but he was more interested in sending the machine back to the guy he bought it off a week or so earlier because he didn't know about the broken casting. So $1000 was the price in which he would let me take it.
This is the machine when I went to look at it when my mate James.
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During that thread I mentioned about a broken "bracket under saddle" on the right hand side of the miller as you look at it straight on. A splined shaft comes out of the column and transmits drive to the table screw via this "bracket". This is why I started this thread, to show others how I fixed the issue, how I fix other issues I come across and also what I will end up doing with the machine once its back running again.
So, I run a small, all manual job shop focused mainly on producing new parts for heavy industrial hydraulic cylinders, steel mill equipment, mining machinery, generally fluid transfer and power transmission work. My work is mainly 1 or 2 pieces, made from plate steel profiles, bar stock and the occasional weldment. I also do some repair work on things such as workrolls for a Galvanising line and some hydraulic cylinder rebuild work.
The decision to add the cincinatti mill to my existing two turret mills was to handle the heavier workpeices I run into. Typically heavy profiles and large castings for water valves etc.
The machine came up locally for $1500, in the suburb over, being sold by a mechanic who bought it, but was disappointed when it didn't "drill like a drill press."
After some inspection of the machine I found it to have a broken casting underneath the saddle. Using this I bargained him down to $1000, I could of gotten cheaper probably but he was more interested in sending the machine back to the guy he bought it off a week or so earlier because he didn't know about the broken casting. So $1000 was the price in which he would let me take it.
This is the machine when I went to look at it when my mate James.
Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Imgur: The magic of the Internet