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Late last year I spotted, just before heading out of town, a small Barker PM horizontal mill for sale within driving distance. Due to the fact that I was heading out of town I did not have a chance to take any action on this, and thought, due to the low price of $500 that it would go quickly. But, imagine my surprise when I spotted it being relisted for sale a couple months later, and now the price had dropped 20%. I quickly made plans to go check it out, saw that it was in good conditon, with only the actuating arms having been replace. Not sure of how I would squeeze it into my tiny shop, I purchased it anyhow, figuring that I would make it work somehow.
Here is the sellers photo from the ad:
And pictures of it loaded in the back of my truck:
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As you can see, at some point all of the actuating handles have been modified, which doesn't bother me as I plan to change it over to dial feed, which should be a simple process as that was one option they were available with new. I did, however come with a instant reversing motor, with will get switched over to my South Bend.
At this point I have it disassembled into large components for cleaning and ease of moving it around:
Here it is being test fitted into the spot I carved out for it, although this isn't quite how it will end up.
I have a bigger sheet metal tray to place it on (full sheet baking tray) arriving today, hopefully, and I still need to poly the butcher block it will sit on. But I am very happy with the Delta stand I found for a tool base, as it will give extra storage underneath.
Here is the sellers photo from the ad:
And pictures of it loaded in the back of my truck:
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As you can see, at some point all of the actuating handles have been modified, which doesn't bother me as I plan to change it over to dial feed, which should be a simple process as that was one option they were available with new. I did, however come with a instant reversing motor, with will get switched over to my South Bend.
At this point I have it disassembled into large components for cleaning and ease of moving it around:
Here it is being test fitted into the spot I carved out for it, although this isn't quite how it will end up.
I have a bigger sheet metal tray to place it on (full sheet baking tray) arriving today, hopefully, and I still need to poly the butcher block it will sit on. But I am very happy with the Delta stand I found for a tool base, as it will give extra storage underneath.
