New guy, very basic question

[Voodoo1306]

Brand new to all of this. I have a very old Van norman model 0 mill. It can be converted from horizontal to vertical. Anyway my first question is how do I attach tooling to the arbor? (I think I am using the right term). I have some end mills and would like to attach them. The end of the arbor is about 1” in diameter, flat, andd threaded. I have a large box of tooling but none of it looks like it would fit. The only other mill I ever used had a chuck like a drill.

 

[jwmay]

I'll go out on a limb, and say you are looking at the end of a shell mill arbor, and that it can be removed. Removing that will reveal a tapered hole which is where your tooling goes. Having said that, you should wait for someone who actually knows about your machine before attempting to remove it.

 

[Larry42]

First thing, don't use a drill chuck to hold end mills. Measure the spindle thread pitch with a thread gage. Measure the OD. Put that info. in a Google search with the term collet chuck. If you have access to a Machinery Handbook, look in there. I wonder if the threaded part is held on by a taper? Go to Keith Rucker's "VintageMachinery.org" You may find all the info you need there. Catalogs, even operation manuals for your machine.
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=2109&tab=3 An email to Keith may also get yo what you are looking for.

 

[bill stupak]

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[Voodoo1306]

That looks remarkably similar to it. Mine is a model 0. It does say waltham watch co on the door.

 

[markba633csi]

Can you show us a bigger picture of the machine? I believe Jwmay is correct, that threaded piece needs to be removed- look for a drawbar that might be retaining it at the other end- a picture of that would help too
-M

 

[Voodoo1306]

I am out of town for work, should be able to get more and better pics tomorrow

 

[Nutfarmer]

After you remove the arbor from the spindle, the Van Norman takes a proprietary arbor. You will have to measure the spindle to match the arbor to it. The current arbor can be removed by losing the draw bar and tapping the end of the draw bar with a hammer like any other mill. The arbor can be hard to find ,but they slow up on Ebay from time to time. After you remove the arbor use it to see if there is anything that matches up with the taper in the material that came with the mill. Once you know what your looking for you may already have what you need.

 

[Voodoo1306]

I loosened the drawbar and the current head came out. Here is the beast and pics of some of the tooling that looks important. There is a lot of end mills, saw blade looking pieces and a huge pile of various sized things with a key way cut into them.

 

[Voodoo1306]

I loosened the drawbar and the current head came out. Here is the beast and pics of some of the tooling that looks important. There is a lot of end mills, saw blade looking pieces and a huge pile of various sized things with a key way cut into them. View attachment 400503View attachment 400504View attachment 400505View attachment 400509