Now That's A Mill Table

I would be afraid to use it, it's too pretty.:cool:
 
There is a vintage (1911 vintage?) 608 in the local craigslist. Pretty.
 
wrmiller19 said:
Coolidge: You yourself said in your own thread that determining spatial relationships or dimensional accuracy from a 2 dimensional pic is near impossible. Eyes are fine dude, thanks. :)

Hand scraped flat isn't a good thing?

Only other pics I have.

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Love the digital speed. Removes a lot of complexity and potential wear from the head. Still have the hi/low range mechanicals though.
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Bill the table looks much thicker in these pics. I sent Sharp and email asking the table thickness. As for the 'scraping' the last time I checked into this on a mill a few years ago it was not hand scraped flat, they just used a machine to make that scraping pattern and the ways on that table were in fact horrible, but it looked pretty.

If you want something to get excited about on the Sharp look at the brass nut design they are claiming .0008 backlash over 20 inches that's pretty amazing for an ACME screw/brass nut design that's getting into ground ball screw recirculating nut territory. :encourage:
 
Sharp has several patents/ideas I like: The double nut design, the 6-bolt knuckle (patented) the ground/plated motor shafts and supports, the pre-loaded acme screws. I can't find the site again, but I'm 'kinda sure' I read somewhere that the Sharp column and table dovetails and saddle are hand-scrapped then chromed Along with the gibs. And they advertise that all three major components (knee, column, table) are Mehanite (sp) castings. Other vendors I've talked to admit that only the column/base is. (one exception is the Easson, which has a 'M' on the front of the knee)

I was just commenting about the looks of the table, not my personal knowledge of it's trueness/accuracy. :)

It (Sharp LMV) may always just reside on my 'wish list' just like a real, brand new BP series I. But then it only costs half of what the BP does... :D
 
ogberi said:
I don't know if it's just me (being colorblind), but the walls are strange enough colored that I can't figure out what color they are. Not sure if they're blue, green, grey, or what.

Other than that, beautiful table! Though, wouldn't it make a dial test indicator wobble quite a bit when checking the table?
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The indicator would wobble quite a bit. Scraped surfaces can be checked with a gauge block between the indicator tip and the surface being measured. It is the large number of evenly high spots per square inch that defines the scraped surface. A quality precision parallel could probably be used for tramming the scraped table.
 
I thought of that (gauge block or parallel) after I typed the response above. I get lazy sometimes and didn't think to edit the post. Sorry.
 
Very pretty. Are the Sharps "the best of the Taiwans?" or are they made somewhere else?
Mark S.
 
They use to be made in Thailand , I think they still are. DERN nice mills good value over many others. Not sure but Hartford mills look the same if my memory serves . But sharps are sharp pun not intended. I'd take one over any China clone.
 
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