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Bernd:
I'm jealous Darren.  :( 

Nice machine. I don't think you'll regret getting it. :thumbup:

Bernd

Darren:

Well here she is, isn't she beautiful......!!

What ya mean NO !!  :bugeye:

Sure she is, don't let the dirt and grime fool you, this machine is in very good condition. A good clean and it will be a different machine.
Even the way machining marks are still very visible, hardly any wear it seems.







A quick clean and the base looks better but still grubby though



I had a quick go at some simple machining to see how she runs.
Surprisingly well, very smooth and quiet, less noise than either my lathe or miller. I was expecting it to be clanky?

A couple of test pieces, nothing special, alloy on the left and steel on the right. Just grabbed a HSS lathe bit and gave it a go.
The vice on the machine is a disaster, keeps lifting under the power stroke. I tightened the jaw from underneath but it still vibrated a bit. Wrong type of vice I guess.

Still the result wasn't too bad..... :D

bogstandard:
Nice compact machine there Darren, looks totally intact.

Your are right, that vice is for a drill press, you really need a good heavy duty milling vice, and if it has a good solid swivel base, all the better. These machines put more pressure on a vice than almost any other machine.

Before you go trying bits out on it, read all about swivelling and positioning the clapper box, you can do all sorts of damage if you have it in the wrong position for the job in hand.

John

Bernd:
Nice Darren. :beer:

Get all that make up off of her and she'll look pretty.  :D

Bogs is right. That vise isn't for that machine. Plus your putting all that cutting pressure on the movable jaw.

Now I'm really jealous. :)  :)

Bernd

Darren:
Been playing with it some more (advice on clapper box noted bogs) Got it to cut very nicely until vibration set in on the vice. I have a huge milling vice, way too big for this brand new in box. It's so large I can hardly carry it, in fact I can't compleate. Comes in two bits so you can set any size gap. Why I ever bought it I'll never know..!! I actually went to buy a lathe but it was no good. At the same time I got a nice Jones And Shipman milling vice, swivels all ways. But it's too tall to go on the shaper.

You should have seen Le Blond in the workshop, now she was gorgeous, well maintained too....I had a fiddle, couldn't resist it could it..... :jaw:

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