Originally Posted by
Bryan
Phil, thanks for the new pics - much better! Not sure I'm clear about the mill. Does the head feed along that cross rail, in what we would now call the X axis? It must, since there's nothing I can see that could drive the table. So it's a travelling head mill. Cool. And that long belt must loop around the spindle, allowing it to travel, but changing the speed slightly when it reverses. Is it a rapid reverse, like a shaper or planer, not intended for cutting, or does the quill feed down at each end of the stroke?
Next trip I'll drop in for sure.