Themanualguy
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2014
- Location
- Wollongong, Australia
Hi Gents
I’ve got a cincinatti #2 MI universal miller here in my shop, I’ve just gotten her going today after some small repairs - still needs more but for now I can at least use it.
Now my question is, how many parts are interchangeable between the #2 and the #3?
Reason being, the workshop I work in at my local steelworks as a fitter(millwright) a day or 2 a week, has an old Cincinatti #3 in there from the days of it being the Tin Mill machine shop. It hasn’t been used since 2001 when I found records of someone disconnecting the horizontal spindle motor. However the vertical spindle is of the powered overarm type and still works. The table was seized going in the x axis, I managed to remove the gib and leadscrew to attempt to fix it (this was 5 years ago) but I don’t have the time or resources at work to really repair the issues I found. I’m not interested in fixing this machine, but it could be a great source for spare parts if there are some interchangeable parts? I’ve already taken some levers and handwheel etc to repair my #2.
The shop is now a boilermakers shop, and the boys are thinking of getting rid of it, but I just thought I’d ask whether it’s worth me stashing it around the corner or something for parts. Large, now mostly empty tinplate mill has plenty of room to store almost anything you want, with hardly any traffic that would notice anyway, and a 5ton crane to use if I needed to pull apart the gearbox assemblies to salvage anything if needed.
Thanks Gents
I’ve got a cincinatti #2 MI universal miller here in my shop, I’ve just gotten her going today after some small repairs - still needs more but for now I can at least use it.
Now my question is, how many parts are interchangeable between the #2 and the #3?
Reason being, the workshop I work in at my local steelworks as a fitter(millwright) a day or 2 a week, has an old Cincinatti #3 in there from the days of it being the Tin Mill machine shop. It hasn’t been used since 2001 when I found records of someone disconnecting the horizontal spindle motor. However the vertical spindle is of the powered overarm type and still works. The table was seized going in the x axis, I managed to remove the gib and leadscrew to attempt to fix it (this was 5 years ago) but I don’t have the time or resources at work to really repair the issues I found. I’m not interested in fixing this machine, but it could be a great source for spare parts if there are some interchangeable parts? I’ve already taken some levers and handwheel etc to repair my #2.
The shop is now a boilermakers shop, and the boys are thinking of getting rid of it, but I just thought I’d ask whether it’s worth me stashing it around the corner or something for parts. Large, now mostly empty tinplate mill has plenty of room to store almost anything you want, with hardly any traffic that would notice anyway, and a 5ton crane to use if I needed to pull apart the gearbox assemblies to salvage anything if needed.
Thanks Gents