morsetaper2
Diamond
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- Jul 2, 2002
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- Gaithersburg, MD USA
Was curious, what can you tell me about van Norman #12 milling machine?
Thanks, Mark
Thanks, Mark
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I am really sorry to revive an old thread, but this is a really good suggestion. Thank you if you ever see this.Van Norman #12's or VN 12 as I call them use to
use the old 5C taper in the spindle, and has
since been redesignated 5V. Collets and Arbors
can be gotten at Hardinge who took over the
product line.
The GREAT thing about the VN 12's, if spindle
hight is a problem, unlike BP's, you can also
align the spindle 180 deg's with moore bar in
the head, align to Y axis travel, lock X axis,
tram up yor work, mount a power feed to the
back of the ram and unlock ram, and presto,
you you have an efective cutter (quill travel)
travel of 12"s. The Van Norman #12's are sturdy
& versitile as one's own imagination, and as
far as I'm concerned, the best bang for your
buck. I presently use a simular setup on my
VN 12, mainly for cylinder rebores in old cast
iron crank cases, using an extended boring head.
I commonly have cylinders 3.5" X 6" to bore,
and the VN 12 makes it a breaze.
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