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Had a look today, as it's 2klm from home. Both rotary tables have no name plates or locking levers.
He doesn't know what brand the mill is, thinks it's German, I couldn't find anything like it on Lathes.co.uk.
The vice on it is a Pratt Bernard 5" 2 speed HiLo.

JohnQ

Who wants a cheap cylindrical grinder

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The price is probably a mistake.... They had it advertised elsewhere for $27 000.

maho milling machine

Maho MH600 toolmakers milling machine | eBay

I like this one better.

Brown and Sharp Surface Grinder | eBay

Ben

Originally Posted by bwal74

I like this one better.

Brown and Sharp Surface Grinder | eBay

Ben

I like that too

Originally Posted by bwal74

I like this one better.

Brown and Sharp Surface Grinder | eBay

Ben

Nice, Same guy has a HUGE cylindrical grinder....says 1000 meter between centers......

I spotted this shaper earlier.....nice if you drop a zero off the price.....

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He's dreamin. Love to have it though. The Butler shaper I mean. Trying to figure out how the downfeed is driven. Never seen one like that.

Originally Posted by Bryan

He's dreamin. Love to have it though. The Butler shaper I mean. Trying to figure out how the downfeed is driven. Never seen one like that.

Hi Bryan,
Yes i was thinking the same about the downfeed, compared to the rest of the machine it looks a bit rough. If it was driven off a rack it would depend on the stroke length as to how far it would go round, but getting drive up there would be a bit a of a nightmare The table looks pretty neat, it would be nice to be able to rotate it round 90 deg and have a flat surface or the end of the vice with no heavy lifting. 10hp.....and i thought my 5 was more than enough.......

Butler downfeed - my guess.
The back end has a T slotted wheel (much the same as a cross feed) so that is supplying a back and forth motion to the doover at the front, having a ratchet again like a cross feed. I'm suspecting that the down feed nut for the head is mounted in a skew gear (thrust bearings top and bottom to eliminate backlash) and the shaft coming from the front doover has the other gear of the pair. End result is that every return stroke the ratchet turns the shaft a fraction of a turn, which the gear pair turns into a fractional rotation of the down feed nut (and so winds the head down).

Michael

Michael, that makes sense for the front, but I meant how is the slotted wheel driven? It appears to be mounted to the ram.

Hi,

If anyone likes old books, this is a nice one by South Bend.

Vintage * HOW TO RUN A LATHE * South Bend Lathe Works | eBay

I showed my missus that Butler shaper, no way she said!

Ben

bwal74, don't show the missus !!!!

1/ buy machine

2/ organize delivery when missus not home

Originally Posted by bwal74

Hi,

If anyone likes old books, this is a nice one by South Bend.

Vintage * HOW TO RUN A LATHE * South Bend Lathe Works | eBay

I showed my missus that Butler shaper, no way she said!

Ben

If you don't really need the paper version this book, published in 1938, can be downloaded here:

How to Run a Lathe South Bend Lathe pdf free ebook download from ledyardmachine.com

Originally Posted by shedhappens

bwal74, don't show the missus !!!!

1/ buy machine

2/ organize delivery when missus not home

I don't believe I could hide something that big in my garage. Plus, you should see the filthies she gives me when something turns up in the mail. My current excuse of "I ordered it ages ago" is wearing thin.

Ben