Run in stand/dyno build.

[Jim Allen]

There are many "Chinese iron" type mills that would be suitable for model machining jobs. Understanding how to tram the machines spindle in the X & Y axis to the tables surface as well as the vise needs to be done!

Jim Allen

 

[Joseph Durnya]

Jimmy, you have to purchase whats in your budget... ( and for a hobby i cant criticize anyone's purchase choice ) BUT Im only buying a Bridgeport if its a manual mill.

 

[Jim Allen]

Jimmy, you have to purchase whats in your budget... ( and for a hobby i cant criticize anyone's purchase choice ) BUT Im only buying a Bridgeport if its a manual mill.

Joseph,

I'm not criticizing anyones purchase choice. The fact is, Chinese iron is usually much cheaper. This would apply to lathes, mills & various tools.

JA

 

[Joseph Durnya]

Says the guy with the Austrian Lathe !!!

 

[Jim Allen]

Says the guy with the Austrian Lathe !!!

I also have a Grizzly mill & lathe. They can be effectively used after some touch up work.

JA

 

[Joseph Durnya]

i am sorry to keep stepping on your thread.. but these 2 machines r da bomb !!!!

my buddy keeps promising me the FP4 in his bosses shop... awesome machines...

Here'd be my first choice if I won the lottery!


Das Fräsmaschine:

Das Drehbank:

 

[Matt Krieger]

This is my Denford mini mill I bought used a couple of years ago. It's made in England and the quality of the construction is excellent, good quality cast iron.
It has a BT30 taper but the spindle only goes up to 4000 rpm.
I recently purchased a centroid acorn control, intel nuc,touch screen and will upgrade to dmm servos and drives.
The picture shown is the one from the seller, when I get a chance I'll upload a current picture.

 

[Matt Krieger]

Didn't mean to hijack your thread, just jumping on the show your machine bandwagon

 

[MikeMayberry]

Here's Mine LOL.

 

[Joseph Durnya]

This is my Denford mini mill I bought used a couple of years ago. It's made in England and the quality of the construction is excellent, good quality cast iron.
It has a BT30 taper but the spindle only goes up to 4000 rpm.
I recently purchased a centroid acorn control, intel nuc,touch screen and will upgrade to dmm servos and drives.
The picture shown is the one from the seller, when I get a chance I'll upload a current picture.

Matt thats fantastic.. im doing the same with a couple Bridgeport boss mills. spindle speed sucks on the boss as well but there are guys modding the head to get 6000 rpms ill probably follow that route.. I

 

[Joseph Durnya]

Here's Mine LOL.

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id love to have a shop that size... nice setup !!!

 

[Terry Keeley]

Hi Jack away boys! What else we gotta do?

I'm just a hobbiest but there's something about the German/Austrian/Swiss manual machines that just say "precision" to me. Not gonna be money makers in today's world tho I'm sure.

My Emco lathe is very capable of real close work but I'm sure getting to know the limitations of my Clausing mill...

 

[Terry Keeley]

Tool porn, lol:

 

[Brad Christy]

Tool porn, lol:

Terry,

If you ever get a chance to use a Clausing Kondia knee mill, you'll never wanna go back. Undoubtedly the nicest, sturdiest knee mill ever produced. They were built in Spain until the Chinese "crap" made them economically unfeasible to build. The first two shops I worked for that had them with either ProtoTrak or Acu-Rite 2.5 axis controllers. I didn't realize how superior they were until I moved to other shops and was forced to use their Bridgeport, Sharp, Seiki, whatever mills they had. I think if came across a new Kondia (not gonna happen), I'd be tempted to sell my house to get it. There was rumor that someone had acquired the prints for them and was going to reintroduce them, but it seems the market for an extremely well built machine is just gone, and buyers' minds are now focused on cheap, replaceable machinery. Pretty sad, really.

Thanks. Brad.
Titan Racing Components
BlackJack Hydros
Model Machine and Precision LLC

 

[Brad Christy]

Here's Mine LOL.

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Mike,

That's cheating.

Thanks. Brad.
Titan Racing Components
BlackJack Hydros
Model Machine and Precision LLC

 

[Terry Keeley]

Getting the oilers mounted, they feed a hole which will drip into the bearings.

 

[Terry Keeley]

Major milestone. It went together very nice, shaft slid right in and spins very free. Thanks again to my toolmaker buddy Rudy, I owe him big in consulting fees.

 

[Joseph Durnya]

coming out excellent !

 

[Jim Allen]

Major milestone. It went together very nice, shaft slid right in and spins very free. Thanks again to my toolmaker buddy Rudy, I owe him big in consulting fees.

Terry,

Is that a Dynamax fan unit in the photo. If it is, be aware it has a maximum RPM limit of approximately 32,000. This is why I used a 1/2" thick aluminum shroud around the fan blade on my torque cradle.

Jim Allen

 

[Terry Keeley]

Terry,

Is that a Dynamax fan unit in the photo. If it is, be aware it has a maximum RPM limit of approximately 32,000. This is why I used a 1/2" thick aluminum shroud around the fan blade on my torque cradle.

Jim Allen

Thanks for the heads up Jim, it's a Byron pusher fan. These were usually mated to an OS 91, hoping it'll run in the mid 20K range on my CMB 67's & 80's for break in. I have a few other blade units I can cut down for smaller motors down the road.

I had a prop come apart at the hub testing an OPS 67 years ago, made about a 1" gash in the pavement below, I'll never forget that. I'm thinking about some sort of containment for the 30 lb dyno wheel that's coming, that'll probably get spun to near 30K and would be catastrophic if something failed...