Finally got myself a small mill!

Well after years of procrastination I finally decided to get myself a small mill and I hope I can pick it up later today.

It's a Hercus 0 that has been supposedly been sort of refurbished and was being sold by a retired former local Hercus Agent working out the back of Fiora Machinery in Cannington. No tooling or vertical head unfortunately, but the main thing I want it for is trimming and squaring up smallish pieces and cutting slots and flats etc. AN important consideration was that it is small enough to get through the 30 m long very narrow path down the side of the house and into the shed and then to actually fit it into my shed. There will need to be some rearrangement, shortening of a work table and disposal of stuff to fit it into the shed in the first place.

I had though about getting something like the small mill drill like we have at the mens shed but it has to be one of the most soul-less pieces of MW gear I have had to deal with. Anyway for me, it's mostly about the voyage of farting around and getting useful stuff out of it.

More importantly, local MW guru "Anorak Bob" has an Hercus 0 so it gives me even more of an excuse to chew more MW fat with him and an starting the process later this week.

Long, long shot, if anyone has a vertical angle head or a dud mill with a working vertical head that you would be willing to sell I'd be keen to know about it.

Pics later today if I get a chance to pick it up.


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