"Pete Keillor" wrote in message
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On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:57:36 -0500, Ignoramus14899
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https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/phot...eat=directlink

I got this along with approx. 14 tons of other stuff at a certain
factory.

My question is what do you guys think about this milling machine as a
general shop mill. for fixing broken stuff and such.

thanks

I've heard those things were pretty capable metal movers. Tooling
might be a problem. Some of the Van Normans used a non-standard
taper.

http://jmkasunich.com/vannorman/VN_Spindle.htm

5V tooling is expensive and hard to come by.

I have a 12. But since I got my Bridgeport I don't use it that much. The Van
Norman can machine more metal but the lack of a quill is inconvenient.