Thread: my first mill

Now THAT's a mill.

Looks tremendous.

Cheers

Rob

Originally Posted by nearnexus

Now THAT's a mill.

Looks tremendous.

Cheers

Rob

not bad hay rob. so far ive spent a few hundred. more than i wanted. But its only money,
about a year ago there was a polish one very similar, that had every attachment i bided up to $1000.
then the other guy got it it. suppose this one is the real deal and the dro will be handy.
any way ill post some better pics soon.
aaron

Good looking machine there pity is not up here. My old first mill was an old Denbigh.Well used and loved though no white ants in the table and nil tooling. I was as happy as a pig in the proverbial when I got it working.Let the fun begin.Is a blank sheet of paper now, so its all hose in the pocket from now on.the old Denbigh along with its twin, they breed you know and still punch out their keep occasionally.John.

Well its about time we got some pictures
NICE!!!
Whats tapers is it?(I have no idea if they are all the same or not)

Stuart

Very nice.....
Since there is no real scale (where is the beer bottle?) in the pics is it a 1 or 2? No doubt there is a clue somewhere and i cant see it....bet Stu can

Cheers,
Ew

OK ok, i just zoomed in on the first pic and can just make out the FP1.....

hi every one. ive been off the grog lately or offish. maybe ill find a emty
can tomorrow to rest on the table once i bolt it back on.
its a fp1. one thing the handles are so smooth and feel lovely to turn.
it feels like a r8 in the vertical head and i haven't checked the horizontal
spindle yet i have a feeling its a iso40 but thats a quess.. is there different sized r8?
any way have a good night

Hi Aaron,

You got yourself a real gem there, the guy you need to talk to is GregQ, he can tell you all you ever would want to know about FP1's

Good to see the Deckel population on the Forum growing in leaps and bounds.. that's another 2 just this week.

Regards
Ray

Hell of a first mill!

Nice one aaron.

Simon

Aaron,
Shes a beauty, nice pick up. If you need any literature PM me.

Did that wheel collapse after trying to move the mill around or as soon as you put all the weight on it.

Just fantastic Aaron, now you know how I felt when I brought my mill home. Those FP1s are beautiful machines, you'll love it.

Bob.

hi. well it all sounds positive. well noticed pipe clay. im not shore i only noticed the wheel once i put the mill on the stand. so its sitting tight till i sort that out. i think ill take the weight with a trolly jack then see what i can do about the wheel.
should be good once i get it inside and running.
happy days
aaron

Originally Posted by Stustoys

Well its about time we got some pictures
NICE!!!
Whats tapers is it?(I have no idea if they are all the same or not)

Stuart

FP1 is SK40 taper with S20x2 drawbar.

Shame we didnt know yesterday afternoon, there were enough of us close by to lift the damn thing
Whats one of these weigh?

Stuart