otaviogmcoelho
Plastic
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- Sep 16, 2021
Hey folks, new guy here. I found and bought a Milwaukee model D. This is my first non-woodworking machine. I was looking for a regular milling machine for a while, but they are quite expensive here (São Paulo - Brazil). But then I found this beauty sort of hidden, at a much lower price than other machines. It belonged to a lens manufacturer that got recently acquired by Safran, and that's all I know about it's history.
We have tri-phase so no worries about power, BUT, 1. Y-axis power feed module is missing , 2. No tooling whatsoever. All else seams to be sliding very easily, all axis and rotary head, also not a speck of rust.
Spindle seems to be of B3 kind, and sometime someone bought a adapter of collet size I don't know what, looks double taper, maybe a B3 to KT30 adapter? Also, is this old B3 collet type the same sold by Hardinge?
Anyway, that's all I've got (besides the very weird schaublin 70 clone I also bought with the 2D). For now I want to get it running (a minimum viable machine) and probably a couple of months from now will try to start a proper restoration.
Any help is welcomed! Thanks!
We have tri-phase so no worries about power, BUT, 1. Y-axis power feed module is missing , 2. No tooling whatsoever. All else seams to be sliding very easily, all axis and rotary head, also not a speck of rust.
Spindle seems to be of B3 kind, and sometime someone bought a adapter of collet size I don't know what, looks double taper, maybe a B3 to KT30 adapter? Also, is this old B3 collet type the same sold by Hardinge?
Anyway, that's all I've got (besides the very weird schaublin 70 clone I also bought with the 2D). For now I want to get it running (a minimum viable machine) and probably a couple of months from now will try to start a proper restoration.
Any help is welcomed! Thanks!