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Hi all,
i was once again surfin' craigslist and found my newest addition to the arsenal
i'm into old and odd stuff, this one takes the cake!!!
she's going to need some work done to her. maybe a little(lot) more than a coat of paint and a clean up.
sometimes i'm too stupid or proud to back down
May i introduce you to Joy, my first universal milling machine.
She was manufactured in France for the USA market.
she's seen better days, looks like she got into a fight with an ugly stick and possibly got the ugly stick broken on her.
she doesn't feel sloppy but as all the equipment i seem to find , it needs a good cleaning. we'll start there....
her's a few pix for the interested
the mill has a vertical milling head as well as horizontal milling machine features.
the vertical and horizontal spindles are NMTB40 taper. the machine came with a pile of tool holders but no cutters.
the owner also threw in a static converter he wasn't sure how to hook up.
the machine came out working claimed the second owner, but it is a three phase machine
and was never run by the second owner.
this mill has a universal table that can be skewed 60* from center axis (30*+ and 30* - from 90*)
it has rapid traverse functions on the vertical and crossfeed axes.
she is still at her old home, i'm planning to pick her up next week.
until then i'm doing research and collecting literature on the old girl.
one source that already has been helpful is a French Machinist Forum
http://www.usinages.com/forum.html
i was able to download manual/ parts book after registering .
(Thanks Phil 916 for the information and link!!!!!)
thanks for looking and reading,
any resources or hints would be greatly appreciated
i was once again surfin' craigslist and found my newest addition to the arsenal
i'm into old and odd stuff, this one takes the cake!!!
she's going to need some work done to her. maybe a little(lot) more than a coat of paint and a clean up.
sometimes i'm too stupid or proud to back down
May i introduce you to Joy, my first universal milling machine.
She was manufactured in France for the USA market.
she's seen better days, looks like she got into a fight with an ugly stick and possibly got the ugly stick broken on her.
she doesn't feel sloppy but as all the equipment i seem to find , it needs a good cleaning. we'll start there....
her's a few pix for the interested
the mill has a vertical milling head as well as horizontal milling machine features.
the vertical and horizontal spindles are NMTB40 taper. the machine came with a pile of tool holders but no cutters.
the owner also threw in a static converter he wasn't sure how to hook up.
the machine came out working claimed the second owner, but it is a three phase machine
and was never run by the second owner.
this mill has a universal table that can be skewed 60* from center axis (30*+ and 30* - from 90*)
it has rapid traverse functions on the vertical and crossfeed axes.
she is still at her old home, i'm planning to pick her up next week.
until then i'm doing research and collecting literature on the old girl.
one source that already has been helpful is a French Machinist Forum
http://www.usinages.com/forum.html
i was able to download manual/ parts book after registering .
(Thanks Phil 916 for the information and link!!!!!)
thanks for looking and reading,
any resources or hints would be greatly appreciated
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