A few years ago a friend was clearing out his FIL's shop. The only thing of interest to me was a small horizontal mill, but it was already spoken for. This week, I heard from the guy that ended up with it, and he wants to sell it.
I only got a short look at it. It was sitting on a wooden bench, missing the factory base. It was dark blue if that means anything. Table looked to be in good shape, clean no scars of note.
So, all the underdrive is missing. If the spindle bearings are OK I can work up something with a 1 HP 3ph and a VFD. So are there any issues with these spindle bearings? Can I judge them without power?
There supposedly is a bunch of tooling, including collets. He doesn't know what the stuff is even for.
Mostly a pig in a poke, but the price is right, considering half of it is missing.
I am going to look at it, probably buy it, this Saturday. Any tips on what I need to look at or for, would be appreciated.
Rex
I only got a short look at it. It was sitting on a wooden bench, missing the factory base. It was dark blue if that means anything. Table looked to be in good shape, clean no scars of note.
So, all the underdrive is missing. If the spindle bearings are OK I can work up something with a 1 HP 3ph and a VFD. So are there any issues with these spindle bearings? Can I judge them without power?
There supposedly is a bunch of tooling, including collets. He doesn't know what the stuff is even for.
Mostly a pig in a poke, but the price is right, considering half of it is missing.
I am going to look at it, probably buy it, this Saturday. Any tips on what I need to look at or for, would be appreciated.
Rex