Not Exactly A Traditional Hobbyest Machine...

Sheesh...thanks coolidge.

Looks more like something you or Jim could use. :D

EDIT: I'd probably hurt myself (and anyone else within 100 yds.) with that thing.
 
I'm not sure even Jim's big orange beast could lift that one. The thing is only $16k and looks new.
 
coolidge said:
I'm not sure even Jim's big orange beast could lift that one. The thing is only $16k and looks new.
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My friend that calls a BP series I "a nice hobby mill" would appreciate that one. He was talking about running a 10" face mill on one machine IIRC? That had to be quite the horse of a mill.
 
Good lord a face mill that large is beyond a cat40 spindle I think. I wonder what's he's building, a bull dozer maybe.
 
That would be right on the edge, if everything was close coupled. I couldn't extend the boom.
 
wrmiller19 said:
My friend that calls a BP series I "a nice hobby mill" would appreciate that one. He was talking about running a 10" face mill on one machine IIRC? That had to be quite the horse of a mill.
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That's a big face mill, would take a lot of machine to run that one.
 
Honestly don't know. Big machinery of some kind. He's retired now. He told me once that he ran a lathe making motor shafts for generators used in hydroelectric plants. I can't even imagine that.
 
My 935 went 'thunk' when I sat it down, can't imagine what 10,000 lbs would sound like if not sat down very gently.
 
Back to the mill Bill's eyeing, how many HP bill and have you thought about getting something with a CAT40 spindle since you are up in the $10k price range?
 
3hp I think. And yes I will consider it, but I don't believe it's necessary for most of what I do. Now if I can maybe get some oddball jobs from the local machine shops in the Phoenix area it could make more sense.
 
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