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TOOLS AND THE SHOP => GENERAL TOOL AND MACHINE DISCUSSION => Topic started by: bmwrd0 on December 01, 2020, 04:40:03 PM

Title: G Termini's new toy!
Post by: bmwrd0 on December 01, 2020, 04:40:03 PM

https://corvallis.craigslist.org/tls/d/albany-nichols-horizontal-mill/7240009371.html

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50669102253_84804512cc.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2kcsoPg)

Seems cheap enough, and getting a spare VFD isn't too bad either.

Title: Re: G Termini's new toy!
Post by: gtermini on December 01, 2020, 10:24:17 PM

I was looking at that earlier. Seems to have sold already. $350 wasn't crazy money.

Hand lever machines' biggest drawback is you have to stand there and run them. No power feed to make the cut while you fiddle with something else.

There's a Sheldon with vert head in PDX that's a ton more practical machine. https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/tls/d/portland-sheldon-mill-for-sale/7238886701.html

I have a clean war production model one, sans the vertical head. Great for slitting saw operations. Horizontal mills are way underrated.