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Posted by wayne mak on March 18, 2006, 3:14 pm
Please log in for more thread options The price made it very easy too. I have a millport mill and a nichols
horizontal so I don't need another mill. I will some times just flip it to
pay for some other tool but when I find a like new machine its hard to see
it go out the door. This one is small, and the price is ok to sell me to
keep it. It comes with an old M head that has never been fit to it so that
will be a nice project, I spent ALL winter making kitchen cabinets, then
ripping the old ones out moving walls and reinstalling. Thats done so no
more saw dust, chips.
But now its getting warm out so time to make more stuff to fit my tractors,
rebuild the kids gocart and make the grass green.
> Well, I've got an old Rockwell catalog and can scan in the pages that
> describe the mill if that would be of interest to you. Sometimes that is
> useful if collecting old, original accessories is important to you.
>
> As you probably know, the Rockwell mills are popular for home shops. I've
> got a comparably sized Clausing 8540 horizontal mill that is *almost* back
> up to running condition. It's using parts from two different mills and
> getting it up to operating status has taken me several years of very
> sporadic work. Buying a like new Rockwell was a smart decision!
>
> Mike
>
>> Thanks Mike, I didn't see a bunch of info on the web. I did find the
>> uploaded manual, the seller has an orginal book/manual but I will be
>> picking up the machine/manual monday. The big reason I bought the machine
>> was its condition for the most part it looks new
>>>
>>>> Are there any online groups for these mills? I came accross the mill
>>>> and it looks like is was used just a few times, its as new as they get.
>>>> Doesn't come with much an arbor and a few 30 taper collets. The
>>>> condition is what sold me, nothing like a new old machine. Any
>>>> direction for help would be great. It will fit nice in the corner for
>>>> an odd job from time to time.
>>>
>>> I think that is a Rockwell Yahoo group, but it might be for lathes.
>>> There are lots of knowledgeable folks on the Practical Machinist web
>>> site so it may be worth while to post a note there, though the members
>>> tend to focus on the higher end tools.
>>>
>>> At least one of the folks here has a Rockwell combined
>>> horizontal/vertical mill, so maybe he'll pop in with some comments.
>>>
>>> Mike
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> uploaded manual, the seller has an orginal book/manual but I will be
> picking up the machine/manual monday. The big reason I bought the machine
> was its condition for the most part it looks new