An oldy but a goody. Small foot print verticle knee mill.

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/4390171937.html

The only problem is the quill is fixed which is a
problem if you do a lot of drilling or boring, you
have to crank the knee up and down.
The collets are pricey and hard to find.
I bet the seller will negotiate on the price. I bought
one just like the one shown back in 2005 and only
paid $600 for mine. Looks like its about a 1940's
vintage.

Best Regards
Tom.

"We won't reply to anyone that doesn't leave a way to contact them."

Very logical.

Ivan Vegvary

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 06:31:33 -0700 (PDT), Ivan Vegvary
wrote:

"We won't reply to anyone that doesn't leave a way to contact them."

Very logical.

Yes, Mr. Spock.

I do the same thing on Craigslist. No email replies, so leave your
phone number or you won't get an answer. The last time I replied to a
Craigslist email, I ended up getting 14 extra spams per day. And the
spucking fammers are getting savvier, using 1-time addresses so my
filters continue to fill up. Would anyone else here vote to make
spamming a capital offense, punishable by skinning and salting?

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who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves.
-- Anna Quindlen

On Sat, 29 Mar 2014 05:06:42 -0700, "Howard Beal"
wrote:


An oldy but a goody. Small foot print verticle knee mill.

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/4390171937.html

The only problem is the quill is fixed which is a
problem if you do a lot of drilling or boring, you
have to crank the knee up and down.
The collets are pricey and hard to find.
I bet the seller will negotiate on the price. I bought
one just like the one shown back in 2005 and only
paid $600 for mine. Looks like its about a 1940's
vintage.

Best Regards
Tom.

I had a Hardinge vertical and it used 5C collets

Gunner

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"Howard Beal" wrote in message
...

An oldy but a goody. Small foot print verticle knee mill.

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/4390171937.html

The only problem is the quill is fixed which is a
problem if you do a lot of drilling or boring, you
have to crank the knee up and down.
The collets are pricey and hard to find.
I bet the seller will negotiate on the price. I bought
one just like the one shown back in 2005 and only
paid $600 for mine. Looks like its about a 1940's
vintage.

Best Regards
Tom.


I think a motorized knee would be in order... Its funny actually, a while
back I watched the MIT machining videos series and they were very specific
that the proper way to mill is lock the quill, and set the height with the
knee when milling. No chance of doing it wrong with this machine. LOL.

On Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:01:19 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Howard Beal" wrote in message
...

An oldy but a goody. Small foot print verticle knee mill.

http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/4390171937.html

The only problem is the quill is fixed which is a
problem if you do a lot of drilling or boring, you
have to crank the knee up and down.
The collets are pricey and hard to find.
I bet the seller will negotiate on the price. I bought
one just like the one shown back in 2005 and only
paid $600 for mine. Looks like its about a 1940's
vintage.

Best Regards
Tom.


I think a motorized knee would be in order... Its funny actually, a while
back I watched the MIT machining videos series and they were very specific
that the proper way to mill is lock the quill, and set the height with the
knee when milling. No chance of doing it wrong with this machine. LOL.



My mill has a handwheel downfeed measured in .001 increments and a
nice healthy lock on the quill.

Gorton MasterMill

Gunner

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that he favored total civilian firearms confiscation.
Only the military and police should have weapons he averred and what did I think about that?

I began to give him a reasoned answer and he
cut me off with an abrupt, “Give me the short answer.”

I thought for a moment and said, “If you try to take our firearms we will kill you.”"

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I too was taught to bring the work table as high as possible, touch down with minimal quill extension, lock quill, zero out the dial on the table and then raise up as needed.
Ivan Vegvary