"Ecnerwal" wrote in message
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Vague advertisement, vague question...

There's a mill in range which is described as a Cincinnati
horizontal/vertical. Manual mill that's being shifted due to CNC
replacement, supposed to be in good shape, price seems reasonable.

Without having any idea what model it might be, precisely (until Monday,
anyway), my vague question is whether a Cincinnati with a vertical head
(sounds like it might be an optional head on a horizontal mill, but I'm
not sure of that) is likely to be a good bet - ie, it's not a
Bridgeport, and everybody loves a Bridgeport - is that likely to mean
it's not versatile, or tooling is hard to come by, or...

I already talked myself out of a huge, ancient, purely horizontal mill
at a bargain basement price.


Some Cincinnati mills have the #50 taper horizontal spindle with a powered
overarm that's also a 50 taper. With the motor and gears inside with manual
gear shifting. Head only moves left or right. Turn the head 90 degrees and
slide on the bearing support for the arbor. See this on Ebay as an example.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...2691 209&rd=1