Lets see Sup Forums's machine tools

Lets see Sup Forums's machine tools.

1952 Index mill, restored down to bare castings. Solid as frigg.

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awesome. pity these machines have been phased out (or am i wrong?). glory days of engineering imo

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They still get a fair amount of use in shops doing one-off and small runs of parts that don't justify the cost of CNC. Theres enough demand that they're still being produced new, and old machines are regularly professionally refurbished to better-than-new condition, at great cost.

also great for the home shop, dime a dozen on CL and a phase converter is pretty cheap for us fags in rural areas

someone spent some serious time doing that. I am currently in the market for a milling machine. A completely decent Bridgeport can be had on Craigslist now ( at least locally here ) for around $2000, sometimes less. I am not a machine shop, but something with really good tolerances like that would suit my needs for the little bit I would use it.

holy shit
this is beautiful

You rescrape the ways as well on that? Very clean machine. I sell machine tooling as my main source of income, and have worked around machine shops for the past 12 years so I definitely know my way around this stuff. Like the guy said, tons of time put into this thing, but she sure is pretty.

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Use her daily

what is this for?
My dad's a carpenter and I'm guessing this isnt carpentry related but i'm interested

that is nice

I don't have room for a full-size but I built a mini CNC x2 in the basement a couple years ago. It's a little bad ass.

that looks really nice OP. solid work friendo.

Not mine, cos I've never took a pic of it, but my grandad left me his boxford lathe cos I'm the only one in our whole family who tinkers with shit and used to hang around with him when I was younger. I've not used it in ages now, I only really used it for making stainless steel nuts and bolts.

I should really sell it, but a part of me wants to keep it, because I own my own fucking lathe.

do you have those safety signs up for the shits and gigs or do you need them?

The ways are in surprisingly good shape. Much of the flaking is still visible. Might rescrape the saddle down the road if i get the urge, but she's well within spec for my purposes. The refurb took me a few months of piddling. A lot of filthy work. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't have gone so crazy...

Nice piece. This a FV-1? I probably know the exact specs by memory. Tell me if I'm wrong

48" x 10" table
3HP motor
4,000 RPM max
X: 36"
Y: 18"
Knee: 24"
Quill: 6"
Older Mitutoyo 2-axis DRO, but I"m sure still accurate.
That a 1/2" Albrecht on it too?

Keep an eye out for 70s-80s Wells-Index mills. Beefier than a bridgeport, and cheaper because everyone thinks they want a bridgeport.

Nice way covers on that baby. I need some rubber flaps for my old girl.

I've always found those to be very crude machines, that aren't ever really in a nice condition. Worked to hell most of the time.

Also good luck finding parts for those things. With bridgeports, you at least have parts all over the place for those.

I wish I had the space and capabilities to have one of these at my house. I bet my pops would love it, having been a mechanic all his life and can fix literally anything. He is one of the smartest persons I have ever met.

Fuck, I wish I knew half the shit he knows. I always help him and I learn a shit ton, but unless I repeatedly practice I forget.

a bridgeport and a lathe can build a bridgeport and a lathe and can build america to be great again!

They are still in business and sell parts for all machines going back to the '40s.

the only tool i need is my massive DICK

Most machine shops that are still around that do prototype machining dont use Bridgeports, and Hardignes anymore. If you're trying to compete with any local machine shops, you'll have to run full CNC. What a CNC machine can do in minutes, the same setup will run your hours on an old manual machine.

Ex machinest mate navy here. God that's beautiful

This isn't furry gay porn or a roll thread!

The mods really need to step up their game & remove this thread already

FINALLY! A machine tool thread!

I run a 36" vertical turret lather built in 1942. It made parts for WWII and now I get to make parts for the Navy on it!

Absolutely, a little Tormach will run circles around a manual mill, but they still have their place in the modern job shop.

Nice! What kind of parts do you typically make? I've seen guys do simultaneous inside and outside turning on big vertical lathes. Awesome shit.

nice

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