Is this mill a good deal?

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Tkrocky

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Hey guys, there is a factory here that is closing down due to production being moved to China(lame). Anyhow, they have some stuff that I assume would be pretty expensive, selling for pretty cheap on auction. Do any of you guys recognize some of these mills, and are they good ones?

This one is a lagun going for 600


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I forgot what this one was but it is also going for like 500-600

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These two are going for like 2000-3000

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Anyways, I know nothing about mills but would love to learn and thought if I could get one for a song it would be a good opportunity. Or if I could help one of you guys acquire one it would be cool too.
 
Bring someone who knows what to check. (spindle play ect.) Probably also need a phase converter if you don't have 3 phase power.See if it comes with tooling.Good luck.
 
less you have alot of power those CNCs are not likley going to work in your shop
if the bridgeport clone is not to beat up it might be good
skipp that round collom drillpress as its not ment to mill
 
I see, i didn't think the cnc would really work for me right now, burnt was thinking about the smaller ones. Like I said, I have no idea about this stuff, but want to learn. What is a radial drill used for?
 
If you ever get used to using a radial drill you won't use anything else. That's a nice one. Wish I had it in my shop, the one I've got must be a hundred years old but still works.
 
We purchased a J head Bridgeport 1988 Model [the machine was in nice shape] It was CNC with the controls being from that period. We knew very little about them as you said. We had to put in a VFD 3phase, replaced the old control system with a modern system from the drive motors all the way back to the key board. 6,000. We did the conversion. My son's a first rate computer tech so understood the set up and how to program the machine to do the work we needed done.
It turned out to be a good investment, looking back, but there is a great deal involved in making it happen. First off is getting a machine thats in good shape and worth the investment. If your handy and can do the work, its a good thing. If your hoping to learn on your own theres a great deal to it.
We looked for a year and a half before we found a good machine.

Just some things to think about.

Good luck, Fred
 
Yeah I ended up passing on them. I want to learn someday but I don't have the time to fiddle with one of those, especially starting from scratch.
 
Nathan I thought that was for the drill press? Oh that right that one get taken out back and covered in leaves.:D By the way I love my Clausing.
 
If I were looking for a mill I would either buy a new import or try to find a knee mill thats been rebuilt by a machinist who knows machine tools.
Tkrocky said:
Yeah I ended up passing on them. I want to learn someday but I don't have the time to fiddle with one of those, especially starting from scratch.
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Lu1967 said:
If I were looking for a mill I would either buy a new import or try to find a knee mill thats been rebuilt by a machinist who knows machine tools.
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That's what I hope to do when I finally settle down and stop moving around for school. Until then I may get one of those mini mills to start learning and do guard slots and stuff
 
have had my mini mill for years upgraded a fwe parts on it and now that i have BP i still keep the mini runnign alot of the time mostly for small drilling ops and fly cutting wood scales and blocks for clean fitups
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I think that's one down there at the end of that rope:

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That's a NICE drawing - Nathan, did you ever use that type of rig to pull an anchor? I remember the first time I used it in 200 ft of water - that bouy slides right down the rode and pops the anchor right out and floats it to surface making it very easy to "pull anchor".

Ken H>
 
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