Impulse Purchase Atlas Mill

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Kroll

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Sort of,well awhile back I posted a WTB ad for an Atlas mill and never over a 3mo period receive a responce so I just quick renewing the post besides I have enough things to do for the next 3 yrs.But yesterday I got a call,after talking to the owner we verbally agreed on the price and he would hold it till next week.But I just could not take it no longer,took 1/2 day off and after a 5hr round trip the mill is in my shop.Guys it did not come with much other than the vise,aftermarket manual and a CD of a guy name Rudy(I think) doing a demo on how to use it and its not one of those give away prices.But as they say wanting something badly drives up prices 5 Franklins.I am going to try my best not to ask questions such as where to buy cutters and maybe info on guys converting theirs over to a vertical mill and what the advantage is if any cause I'm still working on the SB lathe for now.Anyway thanks for looking and directions----kroll

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looks like a nice mill---you can now join all the others of us that have them also---good purchase !!--------Dave
 
5 Franks is not a bad price at all. Once you get the SB done you can go ahead and get started doing whatever the Atlas needs and you should be set in the machine dept for a while to come. Quite a few folks have horizontal mills and really love them so there is no real need to even think about converting it if your not so inclined already. Now you start shopping the internet for inexpensive tooling wherever you can find it. A lot of times Ebay stuff is way over priced and then other times it is just about right and occasionally you will find a really great deal. The trick to that is to keep looking and set up a couple of different searches for what your looking for using different key words. That will expand your chances of finding that great deal. I also look for misspelled or misnamed tooling. That usually means they either don't really know what it is and you can usually get it pretty cheap or they just aren't very thorough and you should avoid there used tooling because it has probably been abused or mistreated already. Common places are use viCe to look for a vise. same thing with cutters and measuring instruments and it often yields some nice results. It is kind of like a treasure hunt when you start looking for bits and pieces, but finding them is half the fun. Good luck and that's a great score on the machine.

Bob
 
Mechanical power feed on the table, right? Pretty cool toy.
 
It looks like a well made little mill. Congrats!


bedwards
 
Is it an MFB or an MFC?

That was I think a good price. You got the vise. If you buy one of the mills without any of the three standard accessories (vise, horizontal indexer and rotary index table), you are usually looking at $200-$350 each for the first two and more than that for the third. Original stands don't go cheap, either.

I'm still looking for the internal coolant pump.

Robert D.
 
Thanks guys I do feel alittle better knowing now that I did not over pay.Robert since you brought it up,I guess these did or should have come with a cooling system.So a chip pan needs to be made w/drain for it as well as a homemade stand.Anyone have pics of their homemade stand for their mill that they would like to share????kroll
 
Some came with a pump which was mounted inside the frame below the chang-o-matic feed gears i'll look up a pic.
The base served as the tray, but not well. these are really cute machines, and you did well at 500. you got most of the pricey tooling already (arbor support, table feed, vise). They take 2mt tooling so collets are cheap, and I bet arbors too, though the pump may cost you if you are looking to restore. nice score!
 
Toag,thanks I'll have to locate me some collets someplace and I guess maybe a draw bar???Any links to what I need to look for to use end mills?Robert its a MF 000902,any ideal what the numbers mean??? I am missing the lower belt guard so thats on the want list---kroll
 
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