pantograph mill

[carkrazd]

Anyone ever seen one of these mills.
a pantograph mill the table will hold 800 lbs.
I don't have all the parts for it so it may become
the next frankenmill

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[mike-sid]

I've never seen one, but I don't get out too much. What are your plans for it?

[carkrazd]

Due to the fact that its free standing and the table will hold 800 lbs.
 It would make a great home made compact vertical mill. about half the size of a Bridgeport.
But having a tracer mill is very cool too. The info I can find says the pantograph
will copy 1 to 1 all the way to 1 to 100 so I hope to find the collets.
I'm thinking if I can't find collets to run it, slide the pantograph part off
and frankenmill. saving the pantograph part for when the machine God
look down and guide me to the collets. 

[Dr Stan]

Here's a start:  http://www.normanmachinetool.com/used_pr...PTA_SR-210

[TomG]

That is a very similar design to the Gorton engraving machines, but newer. Too bad you are missing parts because they do their job very well.

Tom

[PixMan]

If you have the room, I'd keep it as a pantograph and seek out a true milling machine. While the table can handle weight, that doesn't mean it'll make a good milling machine because the slides were meant for positioning not machining. On a pantograph the spindle moves around the workpiece. on a milling machine the spindle stay fixed and the work moves around the spindle.

OK, I know that isn't true on a bed mill or gantry mill per se, but talk of making that into a milling machine scares me.

[carkrazd]

I would love to see this machine take a small end mill and copy a part.
nothing to thick 1/8 or so
the specs I can find and the machine indicate it can dup. a part 1 to 1 or 1 to 100.
that's what I would love to see it do.
how cool is that .
maybe a new collet system is in order.