Enco 1525 8x36" vertical mill

Dutch

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Bought this used 2 years ago from someone I knew in Wisconsin and had it shipped to me here in northern California. I've not been disappointed with it at all. It's a very solid mill. It was manufactured in 1993. The DRO is actually American made in Chatsworth, California (I use to work in Chatsworth).

I installed an American Rotary 3ph converter so it has the original 1.5hp 3ph motor with 10 speeds. It has lots of power.

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Two months ago I installed the column riser. On sale at Grizzly for $180 I took the chance. It was a drop-in installation. Not a single problem.

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I paid $1,700 for this mill 2 years ago and it has paid for itself 2x by making long eye relief scope mounts for vintage Mauser military rifles.

Gewehr 1898 German WW1 infantry rifle 8x57mm
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Re: Enco 1525 8x36

Dutch link=topic=2300.msg15263#msg15263 date=1306556708 said:
Two months ago I installed the column riser. On sale at Grizzly for $180 I took the chance. It was a drop-in installation. Not a single problem.

Dutch
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Dutch, do you have the part # for your riser?
 
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Re: Enco 1525 8x36

platypus20 link=topic=2300.msg15288#msg15288 date=1306607609 said:
I have the Jet version of the same mill, a Jet JVM 836, it also the same as a Grizzly G6760 and a few others. I love mine, its been a great addition to the shop. I did power feeds on the X, Y and Z axis, other than, that the only thing I bought is tooling.



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Jack, how did you go about attaching the power feed for the knee? Any special issues?
 
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Re: Enco 1525 8x36

platypus20 link=topic=2300.msg15675#msg15675 date=1306978810 said:
The knee kit was pretty straight forward, it did require a couple of new holes to be drilled and tapped, but nothing major, it took about 2 hours to install.


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That is nice to know. What brand/model power feed(s) did you use?
 
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Dutch, I noticed the rifle rest that you are using for the mauser. Do you have any specs (prints) on it? I have been wanting to build one like it for myself.
 
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