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gtermini:
It was a war production machine when they still branded as Milwaukee. Just over 18k lbs. 58 inches of X travel. She could eat.

oldcarguy:


This is a line shaft drive Kempsmith that dates in the teens or earlier. It was never used as a horizontal mill.  A standard Bridgeport head was mounted on the over head ram bar. The machine had a good table and made a great vertical milling machine... (Picture for example not the machine)



This K&T 2 1/2 vertical mill was also of that vintage. And an electric motor was supported off the rear with angle iron brackets. And four V-Belts between a smaller pulley to the large line shaft pulley.. That was a tired mill to say the east. If i remember correctly the head had bronze bushing rather than ball bearings. Hence couldn't get a clean milling surface.. Spindle RPM's were 300... Picture is from old catalogue

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