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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 178225, member: 54"]This mill is one of several vintage metal-working machines I use. This particular model was the most sophisticated mill there was ca. 1940 because in addition to the usual vertical mill operations of cutting metal in the two perpendicular axes of the "table," the spindle (same as a drill Chuck) can be set to move by power in a circle at any diameter up to 8". The powered rotary table can also rotate the workpiece located on a different center, at up to its 12" diameter, at 12 different selectable speeds. The previous owner had disabled the rotary table power drive, not sure why, but it was easy to restore, just remove one metal plate and find the proper size of 6-tooth splined shaft (took a couple hours web search, several phone calls, and $76.)</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]Sd_CdH51RR0[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 178225, member: 54"]This mill is one of several vintage metal-working machines I use. This particular model was the most sophisticated mill there was ca. 1940 because in addition to the usual vertical mill operations of cutting metal in the two perpendicular axes of the "table," the spindle (same as a drill Chuck) can be set to move by power in a circle at any diameter up to 8". The powered rotary table can also rotate the workpiece located on a different center, at up to its 12" diameter, at 12 different selectable speeds. The previous owner had disabled the rotary table power drive, not sure why, but it was easy to restore, just remove one metal plate and find the proper size of 6-tooth splined shaft (took a couple hours web search, several phone calls, and $76.) [MEDIA=youtube]Sd_CdH51RR0[/MEDIA][/QUOTE]
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