Thread: Show us your mill

After seeing all those 'real' mills, I am too shy to post a pic of my little HM-45 now.....lol
Makes me wonder if I should have got a full sized machine after all (except when I want to move it.)

Sterob

nadroj,

The Sajo is a UF48M, 1951 vintage and still works a treat. I term it the washing machine as its belt driven and sounds like one. Very solid machine!


davej,

Yes, I'm in the 4x4 game. Both as a day job and hobby.


rajg,


The King Rich (1988 model) just has the normal screws.....but I stll love working on it. Plus it was a bargain.

Originally Posted by Sterob

After seeing all those 'real' mills, I am too shy to post a pic of my little HM-45 now.....lol
Makes me wonder if I should have got a full sized machine after all (except when I want to move it.)

Sterob

Post it up, there are a lot on here that have them and they might get some ideas from yours. It also helps in the way I wrote about in the 'show us your lathe' thread.

The size mill and lathe all depends on the wallet, space and like you said if your going to move, everybody has different needs.
If I was in an apartment, I wouldn't go without a machine, I would buy a mini lathe and mini mill.

Bob,
That is a flash looking mill you bought, I would love to have something like that. I know when I spoke to you earlier in PM's you were really happy with it, have their been any issues with it at all. I will keep that seller in mind for future purchases, as you said he is a lot more flexible in what accessories you want to add to a machine than Hare and Forbes.

Dave

Originally Posted by Sterob

After seeing all those 'real' mills, I am too shy to post a pic of my little HM-45 now.....lol
Makes me wonder if I should have got a full sized machine after all (except when I want to move it.)

Sterob

We won't even talk about my X2

Come on guys join in the fun, its not about who's got the biggest.
If it was, RC would jump in with his 17 incher

Dave

Originally Posted by electrosteam

Especially for Dave,

My Kondia, still on rollers because I am not yet sure of its position in the workshop.
Note the junk all around it !

John.

BTW John if you ever need the right angle attachment for your mill I currently have it... Freight to get it to you may be expensive though

Here's mine ,nothing fancy ,but it will do just about anything I want ,I have cut gears on it ,dovetail slides and a lot of jobs that others I know would not attempt on a machine of this size or hp.
It cost me nothing so I'm not complaining ,even if I bought another bigger mill I would keep this one.
I have fitted a power feed to the table , no dro or fancy lectric stuff.

Kev

Kev,
That looks to be a mill sold by H&F that is in the 1986 catalog. (Top right)

Dave

OK OK.!!
If I have to show I will show

1/ Round column mill drill floor standing model aquired new from ASSET for $100.00
with MT4 spindle and 750X260 table
I have just uploaded some pic's and found the only photo I have of this mill is the one with my dividing head on the table. The mill is a full geard head with 9 spindle speeds from 50rpm to 2400rmp
There are pic's of this mill on my website

2/ Brown and sharpe 2A Universal Mill..Has both Horizontal and vertical setups
Spindles have both been professionally refitted with ISO 40 Taper, Doing away with the origional Brown and sharpe Number9 taper

I appologise for the quality of pic's they were done on a phone camera..
I'm the ugly bugger holding to mill up in the air...
How strong am I

I managed to get this on the Bay for the princely sum of $350..Looks like it has done only about 6 hours use since it was new. Although from the amount of grease, Oil and crap that it was covered in you would swear that it had been used 24 hours a day 7 days a week for the last 50 years
I have also included a pic of the vertical head for the old girl

Dave ,
Yeah its similar ,catch tray is slightly different .I believe it is a Taiwanese copy of the Myford VM-1 mill which may also have been made in Taiwan.
The one I have was owned by a gunsmith in Darwin ,a mate of mine bought his business premises and all his machinery when he decided to quit the game .
The machine was in storage for 12 years after my friend bought the workshop.

My friend then made a decision to emigrate to Canada and gave the machine to me .
It hasn't done much work for its age and still has most of the jewelling on the slides .The only thing I wish it has is the forward sliding beam head.
But beggars cant be choosers.

Kev.

This is my Bridgeport clone from H&F and my conversion from single phase motor to 3 phase running from 240 volts through VFD.

Graham

Time to hit'em with the big guns... well 2.5 big guns...





The Cincinatti 2M was purchased from Hare & Forbes six years ago. It was built in the early forties, and despite making a bit of noise it is increadibly accurate. It does tend to jump out of gear in the mid ranges, probably nothing that can't be fixed (I need one of those roundtoit thingies).

Next purchase was the Pedersen. It is a universal but some schmuck lost the vertical head (anyone got one?) so now it is relegated to horizontal milling with benefits (ie with rotating table).

I purchased the Cincinatti 3M universal a few months ago, some of you might recognise it from Ebay. It did include the vertical head. I bought this partly through the frustration of not having a vertical head for the Pedersen, but mostly because I was incredibly impressed with the Cinci 2M and I promised myself I would get a Cincinatti horizontal when the opportunity arose. This universal came along, and I did mumble something about selling the Pedersen to the missus, but she hasn't mentioned it since. Ooops....

Note that the 3M is not photographed in my shed, there is not enough junk.

Having seen some of the prices for vertical milling attachments, I could buy a whole new machine with the attachment for less!! I'm talking Ebay prices here- dealers are even more extortionate. These are attachments you have to adapt to make them work, not OEM.

From the pics you can see the usual horizontal sickness has infected my shed. One existing and two new sheds (three in total) are planned for the new cliche 'tree change' block in the sticks. Unfortunately I am painting walls to sell the house, rather than doing more important (and fun) things like making chips......

Originally Posted by matthew_g

I'm the ugly bugger holding to mill up in the air...
How strong am I

Next in the series of photographs (obviously omitted) is matther_q turned into a wheelbarrow full of mincemeat when the chain broke

Originally Posted by Gerbilsquasher

Next in the series of photographs (obviously omitted) is matther_q turned into a wheelbarrow full of mincemeat when the chain broke

I was looking at that picture yesterday and looking at the tripod legs, and thought to myself you are a brave man to be doing that. If something fails, it's a bit hard operating your new mill from 6ft under. It may have been safer than it looks, but still looks scary to me.

Dave