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I found a screaming deal on CL for a milling machine.
this is one of the odd type of machines i like.
it has twin spindles and is made for production work.
the Knee and Spindles are independently raised and lowered.
there is provision for the twin spindles to be positioned in unison or separately to accommodate different size work and operations .
May i introduce you all to Beth,
i gave her a quick once over and plugged her into 230v, 3 phase and she fired off no problem.
i even got lucky to have the drive motor's rotation correct!!!:headscratch:
she runs very smoothly. you can't tell by the pictures but the machine still has a lot of the original scraping visible on the knee's ways
and the vertical ways also show a lot of original hand scraping too!
the milling table X axis is operated by the large 4 spoked handwheel. it's travel is about 14" lock to lock
arrowed left are the 2 spindles. the spindle Z axis is raised and lowered manually. they can be raised at the same time or one or the other at a time.
arrowed left is the driveshaft for the spindles. both spindles turn the same direction without provision for mechanical disconnect.
In other words, if the machine is running, the spindles are turning
the second op vise is adjustable in the direction superimposed with arrows. it is a vise for work holding. it can grab fairly large work and can be positioned at variable places upon the secondary X axis with the long studs that capture the vise body upon it's pedestal.
the acme threads are 8TPI,
the handle is removeable.
the vise provides a semi-quick release and tighten for objects of similar dimensions in a production run, i would surmise.
the machine performed slitting operations as it's last duty.
i surmise this could be quite useful in days to come.
i'll add more interesting facts to this thread as i learn them.
if you have experience or information on this machine i would like to hear from you!
thank you for reading and participating
this is one of the odd type of machines i like.
it has twin spindles and is made for production work.
the Knee and Spindles are independently raised and lowered.
there is provision for the twin spindles to be positioned in unison or separately to accommodate different size work and operations .
May i introduce you all to Beth,
i gave her a quick once over and plugged her into 230v, 3 phase and she fired off no problem.
i even got lucky to have the drive motor's rotation correct!!!:headscratch:
she runs very smoothly. you can't tell by the pictures but the machine still has a lot of the original scraping visible on the knee's ways
and the vertical ways also show a lot of original hand scraping too!
the milling table X axis is operated by the large 4 spoked handwheel. it's travel is about 14" lock to lock arrowed left are the 2 spindles. the spindle Z axis is raised and lowered manually. they can be raised at the same time or one or the other at a time.arrowed left is the driveshaft for the spindles. both spindles turn the same direction without provision for mechanical disconnect.In other words, if the machine is running, the spindles are turning
the second op vise is adjustable in the direction superimposed with arrows. it is a vise for work holding. it can grab fairly large work and can be positioned at variable places upon the secondary X axis with the long studs that capture the vise body upon it's pedestal. the acme threads are 8TPI,
the handle is removeable.
the vise provides a semi-quick release and tighten for objects of similar dimensions in a production run, i would surmise.
the machine performed slitting operations as it's last duty.
i surmise this could be quite useful in days to come.
i'll add more interesting facts to this thread as i learn them.
if you have experience or information on this machine i would like to hear from you!
thank you for reading and participating
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, she could be deceptively older...
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