Cleaned up Clausing 8530 mill, new pictures
 

On 21 Apr 2005 02:52:29 GMT, Ignoramus14555
wrote:

http://igor.chudov.com/projects/clausing/

go to "02-cleaned"

Thanks to Gunner and others, I used kerosene and some scrubbing, and
on exposed, unpainted metal I used oven cleaner. The result is pretty
nice.

i

Sheeit boy..dat der be one purty mill. Like an an old lady what went
through a full overhaul.

I STRONGLY agree with the comments of others..Keep BOTH lathe and
mill. You will have both an investment and decent tools to work with.
Scoring another deal like this is so unlikely as to be not worth
mentioning.

As you learn to use both, you may sooner or later outgrow one or both.
You have Capital that can be used to buy a bigger lathe/mill and its
entirely possible that you can sell the mill for as much as you need
to pay for a bigger mill. Money in the bank so to speak.

And if you get bored, or loose interest, you will be able to sell them
off for a very tidy profit you can use for a future hobby, or a trip
to Elbonia or what have you.

Given the marvelous shape of the miller...you now have a decent tool
with which to learn machining. Learning without fighting worn out
junky ****.

Shrug..my opinion, worth what you paid for it.

Nice clean up job btw. You did good. Again G

Gunner

Rule #35
"That which does not kill you,
has made a huge tactical error"

"Ignoramus14555" wrote:
http://igor.chudov.com/projects/clausing/

go to "02-cleaned"

Thanks to Gunner and others, I used kerosene and some scrubbing, and
on exposed, unpainted metal I used oven cleaner. The result is pretty
nice.

Damn, I hope when I finally get around to acquiring a mill and lathe I can
get even half the deal you got. Good job!

Jon

Ignoramus32621 wrote:
On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 06:10:49 GMT, Gunner wrote:

On 21 Apr 2005 02:52:29 GMT, Ignoramus14555
wrote:


http://igor.chudov.com/projects/clausing/

go to "02-cleaned"

Thanks to Gunner and others, I used kerosene and some scrubbing, and
on exposed, unpainted metal I used oven cleaner. The result is pretty
nice.

i

Sheeit boy..dat der be one purty mill. Like an an old lady what went
through a full overhaul.

I STRONGLY agree with the comments of others..Keep BOTH lathe and
mill. You will have both an investment and decent tools to work with.
Scoring another deal like this is so unlikely as to be not worth
mentioning.


Can I do some basic milling with a lathe? I want to do some research
on this. Indeed, getting rid of this mill will be emotionally
difficult.


As you learn to use both, you may sooner or later outgrow one or both.
You have Capital that can be used to buy a bigger lathe/mill and its
entirely possible that you can sell the mill for as much as you need
to pay for a bigger mill. Money in the bank so to speak.

And if you get bored, or loose interest, you will be able to sell them
off for a very tidy profit you can use for a future hobby, or a trip
to Elbonia or what have you.

Given the marvelous shape of the miller...you now have a decent tool
with which to learn machining. Learning without fighting worn out
junky ****.

Shrug..my opinion, worth what you paid for it.

Nice clean up job btw. You did good. Again G


Thanks for your comment. I feel that, given that I was looking for
these tools for only 2 weeks and found more than I wanted, already, I
feel that similar opportunities will come in the future also. All I
have to do is diligently read classifieds and visit relevant sales.

I do not think that this is truly once in a lifetime deal. It is a
good deal, yes, but there can be more such deals. Plus, as I said, I
use my garage partly as warehouse for military surplus stuff (and I do
try to throw unneeded stuff away), and there is no enough space for
the mill.

I am going to poke around now to see how easy it would be to adapt a
lathe for basic milling.

If I sell this mill now for $X, and later, when I need a mill, I buy a
similar one for $X also, I would not be any worse off compared to not
having sold the mill in the first place. The mistake would be to sell
it for less than it is worth.

If you put it on eBay, set the reserve or starting bid at least at $1,200.00, if
not more.

Ot better still, put it on Craigslist, if you live in or near a big city.


If, as a result of this deal, I will end up having a lathe at the cost
of MINUS several hundred bucks, I will be happy.

Not impossible.

--
Abrasha
http://www.abrasha.com