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WOW - first a free lathe, now a free mill
Well, I'm going to pick up the south bend lathe this weekend.
This morning I was offered a free horizontal milling machine (circa 1900-1910) with tooling, dividing head, etc. I don't know the make/model info, but it was from a Navy Ship and used a line-drive off the ships powerplant. It now has a 3phase 220 V motor. Now - if anyone wants to get rid of a vertical milling machine, cheap, and in the Delaware/Philadelphia/Baltimore/So. Jersey area... Tillman |
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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:42:41 -0700, tillman.stevens wrote:
This morning I was offered a free horizontal milling machine (circa 1900-1910) with tooling, dividing head, etc. Now - if anyone wants to get rid of a vertical milling machine, cheap, and in the Delaware/Philadelphia/Baltimore/So. Jersey area... Or, you could just mount an angle plate on the table, remove the arbor and replace it with an appropriate-sized collet or endmill holder and endmill and you'll have something similar to a vertical miller laying on its back. Not as convenient to use as a vertical miller but takes up much less space in the shop. |
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Artemia Salina wrote: On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 05:42:41 -0700, tillman.stevens wrote: This morning I was offered a free horizontal milling machine (circa 1900-1910) with tooling, dividing head, etc. Now - if anyone wants to get rid of a vertical milling machine, cheap, and in the Delaware/Philadelphia/Baltimore/So. Jersey area... Or, you could just mount an angle plate on the table, remove the arbor and replace it with an appropriate-sized collet or endmill holder and endmill and you'll have something similar to a vertical miller laying on its back. Not as convenient to use as a vertical miller but takes up much less space in the shop. If the horizontal mill has a dovetail overarm support, mount a bridgeport style head on the end of it. If you get a good bridgeport head, it will more functional than a regular bridgeport if the table has auto feeds. John |
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WOW - first a free lathe, now a free mill
Please let us know more about the mill when you get it home! I have a
personal fascination with machines from that era. I have a circa 1905 LeBlond No. 0 Horizontal Mill that I'm almost finished restoring. I'm rigging it up with an authentic flat belt drive up to an overhead countershaft, which is driven by a hidden variable speed DC motor. Bruce Johnson |
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