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Happy Birthday to me: A milling machine in the garage!
This was dropped off on Saturday:
  It's a 9 x 42 milling machine. While it looks rough in the pictures, it is actually in very good shape with little backlash and came to me at a very (very) good price. It was used by my boss in his woodshop for the last two years, hence the sawdust.  As a machinist and manufacturing engineer for the past 16+ years, I can't tell you how excited I am. I haven't decided if I'll take it down to bare metal an repaint it, or just clean it up and use it as is. Either way, it'll probably be completely torn apart by Monday night to assess the situation. Now I just need to find a decent lathe.  The CNC machining center should be here mid April, but that's another story.  Jim |
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Would love to have one of those! You are a lucky guy and Merry Christmas!
Better tell Santa and the wife thanks!
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12-17-2007, 02:27 AM
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Don't paint it!.
Patina = character ...in machine tools.
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Congrats, I just bought 2 Bridgeports myself (only needed one, but at $500 ea from my new boss, I could not pass them up). I got the non CNC one cleaned, installed and wired recently in my workshop room and have used it a few times now. Life is good!
No more worries of drilling big holes on my crappy chinese drill press! Did you get a motor with it? 
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I'm with the "don't paint it" crowd. Old machinery is cool just the way they are. It's a sign of their durability and the "patina" is a mural of countless production.
Nice score Jim. I'm always looking for a mill. I've got a small lathe that makes for good fun. Now if I can convince Tim to sell me one of those Bridgeports..... |
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12-17-2007, 06:20 AM
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Sorry Souk, the other one is not presently for sale, but might be someday.
  Jim, if your motor is three phase, I just went thru this and have a line on a cheap phase converter. I just wired mine up and it works perfect and cost under $100 shipped. Let me know and I can provide details.
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12-17-2007, 06:43 AM
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Ah, a Bandit controller, I cut my teeth on one of those in the late 70's
 I still have the programming referance card in my tool box. Great garage tool
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12-17-2007, 07:24 AM
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I thought we couldn't post hardcore pRon here. Gawd, this is beautiful stuff.
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12-17-2007, 08:02 AM
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clean it up, only a tool would repaint it
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12-17-2007, 08:14 AM
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Thanks for all the kind words, everyone.
As far as painting it, I think I'll hold off, and maybe paint the Porsche instead. Tim, your earlier post about your two machines had me quite jealous. $500 each for those machines is a steal. And yes, I do have a motor for it, we just had to remove it to fit under the garage door opening. It's a 220V single phase motor, so no need for a phase converter. Joe, no wife, but my live in G/F has no idea why I bought this thing. She said, "why don't you just finish the Porsche instead?" She just can't quite grasp the fact that this is a tool that will only help me to finish the Porsche! (As will the lathe, welder, bead blaster, parts washer, air compressor, paint gun, 15 x 20 foot garage addition, etc.) I even told her I'd show her how to use it, but she doesn't seem interested. Some people just don't understand.  Jim |
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12-17-2007, 07:06 PM
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Only Porsche
Only bike
