"Jon Anderson" wrote in message
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Bought this thing used, but with low hours, years ago against the possible
need to build a larger capacity rotary phase converter.
Specs:

Cat. No. M3710T
Spec 37A01W452
Voltage: 208-230/480
Amps: 21.5-20/10
1725 RPM
213T Frame
Output shaft, 1-3/8 dia.

I paid $100 for it. Maybe that's dreaming in this economy, but I sure
don't see any use for it and it makes sweeping out the corner behind the
mill a pain. Best offer in cash, or let me know if you have something to
swap. Off the top of my head, swap items of interest would lean toward
light fabricating, or metric 5C collets (Hardinge or Royal only)

Located in Grass Valley, CA. Don't see shipping as being feasible, pickup
preferred. I can bring down to Sacramento and meet up with someone, but if
it's for a swap, would want to see pics of your items first and know it's
something I want.


Jon

Hi Jon,
Read your article on RPC and saw that you have a Tree Mill. I have the same
mill. Love that thing! Much beefier than a Bridgeport. I also like the
collet system. Tool changing is very fast.
BTW, I was missing several collets when I got the mill but the shop teacher
at the local college had a student make the rest as a project. I gave the
kid $10 each even though they were supposed to be free.
Took the head apart when I first got it because the power down feed of the
quill was not working. The belt was destroyed to simply dust. After some
confusion about how to put it all back together, I found an outfit in LA
that offered to rebuild the head for a mere $120. Shipped the parts to them
and got it back within one week. This was all back around 1994.

Still have to rebuild (major cleanout) the table. I think the surfaces are
pretty scored and the "one-shot" lube system does not work. I do have
manuals and will gladly photo-copy them if you don't have any.


BTW, spent some time in the Grass Valley area. At the time (1976) I was
living in Sacramento and the engineering firm for which I worked was in
charge of designing a sewer system for the Lake of The Pines Subdivision.
Originally designed for septic but the percolation. I became the resident
engineer for the 6 month project and commuted from Sacramento. After a
while I realized that I could fly into the small air strip that was on site
at Lake of the Pines. Started to take flying lessons, and after about 24±
hours was allowed to go solo. Since the round trip was 100 miles, my
company was giving me a $10 daily allowance to drive. In those days you
could rent a Cessna 150 for $ 9.50 per hour "wet". Also, since it was
weekdays, I was able to keep the plane all day and only pay for flight
hours.
Life was sure simpler back then!!

Ivan Vegvary