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Gorton Mill Question (one for sale in my area)
I have a Gorton 8 1/2D and had it for about 10 years in HSM service. it is a very fine and capable machine and I have a great respect for it. The spindle taper on mine is a Browne and Sharp number 9. The collet set came with mine. However a few tool companies make tool holders for straight shank tools with the Browne and Sharpe 9 taper so you could still get those and have a useful machine. Mine has a compound tilting head but I never change it from the straight position; I think with tilting tables available you could adapt to an equivalent situation to the tilting head machine. Mine is a 3 phase machine so make sure you are prepared to deal with that if you are not set up for 3 phase. I use a rotary converter. I have used a static converter which is cheaper, but not true 3 phase and I was told there is a risk of damaging the motor so I switched over to the rotary. I am very grateful to have my machine and was the best $2200 I have spent I think. It seems to be beefier than the Bridgeports of similar size. It has power feed on the table and is a very heavy casting. weight is a little over a ton so be prepared to deal with that. "Jeff Williams" wrote in message ... Hello Again, Bad form to repy to your own post ...but.... Any idea how large a workspace would be needed for a mill of this size? Need to think where I will have room for it. Thanks, Jeff Jeff Williams wrote: Hello, There is a Gorton mill for sale in my area. I have been waiting/looking for a hobby mill for a while and this one is in my price range. I have to call back on Monday to get more info as the person was heading out and didn't know the model. There is a picture (in the paper) and it looks like a 0-16A (compared to http://gorton-machine.org:8080/machi...lls/index.html ) The person I spoke to was 99% sure though that it has the Gorton taper spindle and there is no Gorton collets with it. It was used at a custom motorcycle shop with a special fixture designed for the spindle to shave a few thou from engine heads a few times a month. Supposedly this is all it has done for 80% of it's life. The Questions: - what are the chances of finding Gorton tamper collets? (at a reasonable price) - I did find the FAMCO WWW site and they still have a catalog of parts and collets but I'm sure they will be pricey - is the Gorton taper well defined somewhere and could an adapter to another taper be created? - the mill seems to have the vertical only head. How limiting is it not having a tilting head? I did a search of the WWW and newsgroups and good things are said about the Gorton mills though I am mainly worried about the Gorton taper in the head. There is actually a second Gorton mill for sale in the newest Buy & Sell in the area and describes a 0-16A (no picture), maybe it has collets etc (havn't called yet) Comments Welcome, Thanks, Jeff |
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