The price made it very easy too. I have a millport mill and a nichols
horizontal so I don't need another mill. I will some times just flip it to
pay for some other tool but when I find a like new machine its hard to see
it go out the door. This one is small, and the price is ok to sell me to
keep it. It comes with an old M head that has never been fit to it so that
will be a nice project, I spent ALL winter making kitchen cabinets, then
ripping the old ones out moving walls and reinstalling. Thats done so no
more saw dust, chips.
But now its getting warm out so time to make more stuff to fit my tractors,
rebuild the kids gocart and make the grass green.
"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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Well, I've got an old Rockwell catalog and can scan in the pages that
describe the mill if that would be of interest to you. Sometimes that is
useful if collecting old, original accessories is important to you.
As you probably know, the Rockwell mills are popular for home shops. I've
got a comparably sized Clausing 8540 horizontal mill that is *almost* back
up to running condition. It's using parts from two different mills and
getting it up to operating status has taken me several years of very
sporadic work. Buying a like new Rockwell was a smart decision!
Mike
"wayne mak" wrote in message
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Thanks Mike, I didn't see a bunch of info on the web. I did find the
uploaded manual, the seller has an orginal book/manual but I will be
picking up the machine/manual monday. The big reason I bought the machine
was its condition for the most part it looks new
"Mike Henry" wrote in message
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"wayne mak" wrote in message
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Are there any online groups for these mills? I came accross the mill
and it looks like is was used just a few times, its as new as they get.
Doesn't come with much an arbor and a few 30 taper collets. The
condition is what sold me, nothing like a new old machine. Any
direction for help would be great. It will fit nice in the corner for
an odd job from time to time.
I think that is a Rockwell Yahoo group, but it might be for lathes.
There are lots of knowledgeable folks on the Practical Machinist web
site so it may be worth while to post a note there, though the members
tend to focus on the higher end tools.
At least one of the folks here has a Rockwell combined
horizontal/vertical mill, so maybe he'll pop in with some comments.
Mike
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