M.B. Naegle
Diamond
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2011
- Location
- Conroe, TX USA
I'm going to get some more recent pictures as the mill is cleaner and more in one piece than pictured.
I was never able to find much info, or even a manual, for this one. It's a Universal (swiveling table) horizontal with a 7 HP 50 taper spindle and all the XYZ feeds and rapids mills like these typically have. Made by Induma in Italy, who are still around but no apparent representation in the USA anymore.
We got it in our shop merger back in 2006 and I'd put a bit of work into bring it back to life, but I've decided to let it go. I've cleaned most all of the dried cutting oil out of it, flushed the lubrication reservoirs and cleaned out oil lines, sorted out the electrical (started as a bad hack job), and did some other minor repairs.
Now the reason it's a PROJECT. The biggest issue is that the power feeds don't work in some speeds/directions, and work intermittently in others. IMO there are some damaged gears inside the knee that will need to be repaired or replaced. I never got deep enough into it to confirm where the issue(s) are. The feed is controlled by it's own reversing motor which works, but the contactors don't always latch so you'll need to replace those as well. The cover panel for the electrical box is missing and you'll need to fab a new one.
SO, those issues aside, the spindle runs fairly quietly in all speeds, but I never had a chance to test it for run-out. All the axis work manually (just no power feed). It has an integrated coolant pump that works fine. It includes 1 arbor support and the ram braces, and a swiveling vertical head with parking attachment (50 taper, no quill) that drives off of the spindle keys (no missing drive gear). No vise or arbors.
$300 OBO. The mill is currently sitting in a warehouse in Yoakum, TX, but will likely be moved here to Conroe, TX in the coming months.
If no one takes the whole machine, I'll hang onto the attachments in case someone needs them and scrap the machine. I'll see about getting dimensions off of the attachments too in case they'll fit other machines. Damages aside, It's a heavy well built horizontal, so hopefully someone would like the challenge of fixing it.
I was never able to find much info, or even a manual, for this one. It's a Universal (swiveling table) horizontal with a 7 HP 50 taper spindle and all the XYZ feeds and rapids mills like these typically have. Made by Induma in Italy, who are still around but no apparent representation in the USA anymore.
We got it in our shop merger back in 2006 and I'd put a bit of work into bring it back to life, but I've decided to let it go. I've cleaned most all of the dried cutting oil out of it, flushed the lubrication reservoirs and cleaned out oil lines, sorted out the electrical (started as a bad hack job), and did some other minor repairs.
Now the reason it's a PROJECT. The biggest issue is that the power feeds don't work in some speeds/directions, and work intermittently in others. IMO there are some damaged gears inside the knee that will need to be repaired or replaced. I never got deep enough into it to confirm where the issue(s) are. The feed is controlled by it's own reversing motor which works, but the contactors don't always latch so you'll need to replace those as well. The cover panel for the electrical box is missing and you'll need to fab a new one.
SO, those issues aside, the spindle runs fairly quietly in all speeds, but I never had a chance to test it for run-out. All the axis work manually (just no power feed). It has an integrated coolant pump that works fine. It includes 1 arbor support and the ram braces, and a swiveling vertical head with parking attachment (50 taper, no quill) that drives off of the spindle keys (no missing drive gear). No vise or arbors.
$300 OBO. The mill is currently sitting in a warehouse in Yoakum, TX, but will likely be moved here to Conroe, TX in the coming months.
If no one takes the whole machine, I'll hang onto the attachments in case someone needs them and scrap the machine. I'll see about getting dimensions off of the attachments too in case they'll fit other machines. Damages aside, It's a heavy well built horizontal, so hopefully someone would like the challenge of fixing it.