On 2012-12-09, Gunner wrote:
On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:58:00 -0600, Ignoramus10589
wrote:

Someone near me is selling a Cincinnati No. 3 vertical milling
machine.

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/Cincinnat...ng-Machine.jpg

I am sort of famiiar with the look, as I saw similar milling machines
(probably Russian knockoffs) in Russia when I had my lathe operator
practice in high school. But that was a long time ago.

This is a large machine, say, 14,000 lbs or so. The motor is 20 HP or more.

My question is, is it totally insane to just keep it for general shop
use? I have ability to hook it up and use it.

i

Ive run them. They are a hell of a machine if you are doing a
lot...lot of metal removal from Large castings, forgings and similar
work.

Do you need a BIG mill?

Or will a Bridgeport/Gorton/Lagun do your jobs?

Its gonna cost a little money to move it, set it, wire it up and then
its gonna cost to simply turn it on.

I have all equipment needed to move stuff like that by myself. A semi
truck, two semi trailers (flatbed and lowboy), and a 15k forklift.

i