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Toying with a 27" mac computer or this milling machine
mangogrooveworkshop - 20/7/10 at 08:29 PM

Milling machine

[img]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=360216285155[/img]

[Edited on 20-7-10 by mangogrooveworkshop]

scudderfish - 20/7/10 at 08:31 PM

That and a smaller Mac

Mark Allanson - 20/7/10 at 08:36 PM

That and a lathe - if it rains a 27" Mac will be far too small, buy a parker!

daviep - 20/7/10 at 08:40 PM

Depends what you want to do with the mill? It's too small to do most automotive work on IMO.

Davie

mangogrooveworkshop - 20/7/10 at 08:53 PM

My Myford only has limited milling capacity so I was looking to use this for the slightly bigger bits that we mill out from time to time.

clairetoo - 20/7/10 at 09:00 PM

Much more useful machine would be one of these - to get an idea of how much more solid they are than that likkle machine , check out the weight - over a hundred K's more , but not that much bigger.................

minitici - 20/7/10 at 09:03 PM

Go the whole hog and get one of these
Syil X6

mangogrooveworkshop - 20/7/10 at 09:06 PM

My Myford only has limited milling capacity so I was looking to use this for the slightly bigger bits that we mill out from time to time.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MILLING-SLIDE-DOUBLE-SWIVEL-FITS-MYFORD-LATHE-/370338669314?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5639e7a302

[Edited on 20-7-10 by mangogrooveworkshop]

mangogrooveworkshop - 20/7/10 at 09:11 PM

quote:
Originally posted by clairetoo
Much more useful machine would be one of these - to get an idea of how much more solid they are than that likkle machine , check out the weight - over a hundred K's more , but not that much bigger.................



I was watching that clark machine ....and the one we saw in machine mart looked ok even if we have to get some decent lead screws from http://www.marchantdice.com/ it would be better than the myford for making the bits and bobs for the cat and locost

clairetoo - 20/7/10 at 09:39 PM

They are a very good machine - I had one (not the Clarke one , but they come up with all sorts of names on......) and used to make all sorts of drag bike stuff on it .
Add a rotary table and a boring head and you can make just about anything on it - I did

Confused but excited. - 20/7/10 at 09:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
That and a lathe - if it rains a 27" Mac will be far too small, buy a parker!


If a 27" Mac is too small, what use is a pen?

[Edited on 20/7/10 by Confused but excited.]

dhutch - 20/7/10 at 11:08 PM

quote:

If a 27" Mac is too small, what use is a pen?

[ Confused but excited.]

Sigh!

907 - 21/7/10 at 05:58 AM

Hi Mango'

My son Gaz has an Axminster.

It's big enough to mill a manifold flange so might be worth a look. Dirt cheap.

hth
Paul G

ruudbeckers - 21/7/10 at 01:37 PM

I think that clarke milling machine suggested by clairtoo is not much more than a fancy pillar drill. I wouldn't want a milling machine with a round column. Because of the horizontal forces during milling the milling head could rotate around the column. Furthermore you loose your X and Y coordinates when you move the milling head up and down. You are much better of with a vertical column whuch has dovetails. Just my 2 cents.

Neville Jones - 21/7/10 at 08:37 PM

OK, I'm going to use the word 'BEAVER', so lets get the schoolboy giggles out of the way first.

Look for a small Beaver mill, they come up on ebay often, and are in a number of the machine tool dealers secondhand.

They use proper tooling and do a solid professional job, that the cheapo Machine mart, Warco and similar type things will never do.

I've wasted the money and learnt. Now got a Bridgeport, but maybe a bit big for what you want. The little mill/drill is now used just for drilling, which it does well, but not brilliant due to the round post, with the problems mentioned above.

Cheers,
Nev.