I am getting a milling machine

Didn't know if anyone was interested in something a bit bigger or not, but my next door neighbor is liquidating his company. Went to the sale last weekend - had a used Bridgeport for 3200.00 and a couple of Nova 2 axis(?) mills new for 7200.00. There were a number of other misc. machines - all in good condition. I am not a machinist so I really do not know what I was looking at, but they were very clean - the 2 Novas did look unused. I did not see anybody showing any interest in them - I am sure they are still there looking for a home.
 
Nice mill Charlie, Good thing about Grizzly is they stand behind there stuff and have a warranty dept. that actually has spare parts......Something I would like to say about only buying American made iron is if its wore out its wore out. I had a couple Bridgeport mills that I tried to rebuild, in the end they were ok machines and I did some good work on them, but it wasn't until I got a nice Chinese machine that wasn’t wore out that I started to see my work quality get better and better, sometimes I wonder why I waited so long to get a good mill, after that the mystique of old iron was gone for me.....in the end what matters is the quality of work you turn out.....
 
A belated congrats! My mill is my favorite tool overall and I've found so many things to use it for that I never imagined before owning one. Nice job moving that thing in...moving heavy stuff is always a bit scary, IMHO.

Can you let us know what kind of heavy milling it can handle without chatter? Do you know the total weight with base?

I have an old 1944 Bridgeport mill that's smaller than the modern ones at "only" about 1700 pounds with a 36" table but it is designed to hold a 1/2" max collet so it can't hold some of the more modern tooling in larger sizes. Perfect for my uses...I assume it started as a war machine and eventually ended up in a custom shotgun makers shop for 25 years, then a small engine repair shop, and it will likely outlive me and get sold when I die in about 50 years. Runs like a clock.

Try making one of these: people like them as curiosities
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Hey Mike at the risk of this sounding like an Ahole post. They just sold that some model grizzly except it had maybe 12 years on her, on the LA Craigslist last week. I cannot believe the ratio or wierdo residents and heavy machinery in this county!!!! it is really freakin scary man.
 
David Schott said:
I have an old 1944 Bridgeport mill that's smaller than the modern ones at "only" about 1700 pounds with a 36" table but it is designed to hold a 1/2" max collet so it can't hold some of the more modern tooling in larger sizes. Perfect for my uses...I assume it started as a war machine and eventually ended up in a custom shotgun makers shop for 25 years, then a small engine repair shop, and it will likely outlive me and get sold when I die in about 50 years. Runs like a clock.

Try making one of these: people like them as curiosities
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Hey I have heard great things about that mill. I located a comparable Rockwell mill. But I have my eye out for a Bridgeport.
 
Damn! That is a sexy machine. Thank you very much for sharing.
 
AWSmith said:
Is that wheel on the ram used to rotate the head? If it is, that is fantastic. I have never seen one like that.
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Yeah the turret is split down the center. If you loosen the two handles on the ram/turret and turn that wheel, it rotates. I honestly don't use the feature much at all as I usually don't feel like tramming the entire thing over again :)
 
i have been keeping my eyes open for a lttle round ram BP for some time hoping to find a 32-36 inch table then convert to J head

that is a great looling little mill
 
That's a thing of beauty.
 
I'll join in! Here's my Grizzly combo. Nothing but good things to say in the couple years I've owned her.

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