New To Me Van Norman 12...

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michael.kitko

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Well today was a long one, but I am richer now than I was at the start with a Van Norman 12 sitting in my driveway. I know, no original motor and it is missing one of the handwheels, but at $300 up here, I didn't think it was too bad a deal. The first two pictures are of it at the first owners house and the last two are at my house. I am surprised at how fast the ram was able to be removed. I have a 1900s upright drill that was only a little faster to breakdown. I am always amazed at old school engineering. Simple and effective. Anyways, I can't wait to see it working and to be honest, these have a pretty good reputation, even though this is the first time I have ever heard of them.

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Some guys on another site thought it was a bit steep for not having any original tooling, the arbor support, missing a side handle and mount, and the missing motor that got replaced with a 1 phase. I did ask for their opinion and most told me not to get it and look for a better deal. So, I don't know.

Anyways, I have been building a trailer today to mount my hoist to so that I can move it to my shop in the back. So, within the week, it should finally be inside again and not just tarped up outside.

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Congrats! I think you got a deal too!
I came real close to getting a #12 also, aside from the not-s0-standard collet size everything I read up on it was positive.
A good deal showed up closer to me on a Bridgeport so I went that route instead. Still like the VN though; wish I had the time/space/money to have gotten both...
 
You did alright. Better deals can be had, but they might be a 1000 miles away, ask me how I know. Collets do come up from time to time, so just keep looking. As long as your gears and bearings are OK, the rest can be found or made.

Jason
 
r.vial said:
Dam nice deal u got there mike

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I think we have made comments in another site regarding this same mill. I appreciate the help there. May I ask, how do you run 3 phase power?

Mike "Squirrelly" Kitko
 
Congratulations. You are gonna like her!

Somebody had replaced the motor on my VN6 with a 1ph 1725rpm motor.
Turned out to be way to fast for many horizontal milling applications.

When you select a motor be sure that you think about rpm and pulley sizes.

Daryl
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I am having trouble finding somethings. Do you mind giving me some help?

First off, how do you drain the oil from the ram gear box. I can't find an oil plug anywhere? Please don't say I have to pull the sight glass.

Second, any pictures of what the key looks like in the spindle? Mine was ground down to fit the arbor into, because the dufous I bought it off did not know what he was doing.

I may have more, but that is all for now.

Mike "Squirrelly" Kitko
 
I own a van Norman 22LU and 1750 is a lil slow for my mill so I am replacing with a 3450 but I have a r8 adapter in my mill and cone pulleys o. My mill as well to hit the sweet spot for any metal I want to do but I think all VN knees are the same on draining oil I'll look on mine when I get home tonight to see if I can help but on a VN #12 1-1/2 HP 1750 rpm motor is what they had on them

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