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My mill

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:59 pm
by mite5255
Well i finely got my 2nd hand mill, it was $800.00 worth and came with a fly cutter :D, Its way bigger then I expected at 1100mm tall(43 inch) . Son in-law will be around tomorrow to give me a hand to unload it
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Re: My mill

Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:59 pm
by mite5255
Plus it came with a stand :) and also a vice
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Re: My mill

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:44 am
by Nudge
You couldn't ask for better than that :P good score 8-)

Re: My mill

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 12:55 am
by mite5255
So now, I'll have to learn how to make smaller bits of metal out of larger bits of metal :lol:

Mike

Re: My mill

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:47 am
by Harry
A machine like that will really step up your game Mike. Very nice score :mrgreen: with envy.

What kind of X Y range does it have?

Re: My mill

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 1:47 pm
by mite5255
Harry wrote: What kind of X Y range does it have?
x=540mm(21 inch),y=190(7.5inch)

Mike

Re: My mill

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:15 pm
by Harry
Nice, big enough to do some serious sized work on. I vote for cnc'ing it 8-)

Re: My mill

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 6:52 pm
by mite5255
Harry wrote:Nice, big enough to do some serious sized work on. I vote for cnc'ing it 8-)
Hmmmmmm can you CNC a mill


In position and ready to go
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Re: My mill

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:01 pm
by dallen
every thing but the round column, and I think some people have even tried or succeded at that. What type of spindle you get in it, they made those mills both ways with a morse taper usually in a MT3 or with an R8 spindle.

David

Re: My mill

Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:06 am
by mite5255
dallen wrote:every thing but the round column, and I think some people have even tried or succeded at that. What type of spindle you get in it, they made those mills both ways with a morse taper usually in a MT3 or with an R8 spindle.

David
It has a morse taper, I don't know whats meant by a mt3 or r8 spindle