mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 08:29 PM |
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Toying with a 27" mac computer or this milling machine
Milling machine
[img]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSize&item=360216285155[/img]
[Edited on 20-7-10 by mangogrooveworkshop]
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scudderfish
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 08:31 PM |
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That and a smaller Mac
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 08:36 PM |
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That and a lathe - if it rains a 27" Mac will be far too small, buy a parker! 
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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daviep
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 08:40 PM |
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Depends what you want to do with the mill? It's too small to do most automotive work on IMO.
Davie
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 08:53 PM |
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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.
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clairetoo
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 09:00 PM |
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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.................
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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minitici
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 09:03 PM |
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Go the whole hog and get one of these
Syil X6
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 09:06 PM |
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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]
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 09:11 PM |
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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
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clairetoo
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 09:39 PM |
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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
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 09:47 PM |
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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.]
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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dhutch
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| posted on 20/7/10 at 11:08 PM |
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quote:
If a 27" Mac is too small, what use is a pen?
[ Confused but excited.]
Sigh!
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907
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| posted on 21/7/10 at 05:58 AM |
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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
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ruudbeckers
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| posted on 21/7/10 at 01:37 PM |
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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.
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Neville Jones
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| posted on 21/7/10 at 08:37 PM |
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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.
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