05-26-2015, 08:54 PM
Pete, you're going to enjoy that mill. I see you've got the universal vertical head as well. My vertical is a plain - swivels left and right, but not front and back.
The second horizontal cut I made with it was 1" wide by 1/2" deep down the middle of a 14" long piece of 2"x2" steel in one pass. Gotta love that power drive.
Now I'm really missing my machines. Still waiting for the insurance adjuster to say whether they'll pay me to recondition my equipment. I'll do it for half the current bid.
BTW, the Elliott manual (later years of the Victoria) says to lift the mill by slinging from the overarm. You can buy the manual from Tony Griffiths at http://www.lathes.co.uk/manuals/
Good find. Congrats.
The second horizontal cut I made with it was 1" wide by 1/2" deep down the middle of a 14" long piece of 2"x2" steel in one pass. Gotta love that power drive.
Now I'm really missing my machines. Still waiting for the insurance adjuster to say whether they'll pay me to recondition my equipment. I'll do it for half the current bid.
BTW, the Elliott manual (later years of the Victoria) says to lift the mill by slinging from the overarm. You can buy the manual from Tony Griffiths at http://www.lathes.co.uk/manuals/
Good find. Congrats.
Mike
If you can't get one, make one.
Hawkeye, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Jan 2013.
If you can't get one, make one.
Hawkeye, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Jan 2013.