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Brendon Warren

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I acquired this yesterday. I'm not a machinist at all. Can anybody tell me just what I've got here. There are no tags on it. I also have a chance to buy a South bend metal lathe, atlas milling machine, another milling machine and a bunch of tooling with it. I don't have any pics. I did run the lathe a little yesterday and it all seems to work.
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Looks like it will make parts. Backlash is the slop in drive screws under the table. Be careful to only feed material into the cutter against the rotation, not with it. Also be aware of spindle rpm and tool diameter to figure surface distance per minute at the outer cutting edge. If you have room, become a machinist. Always something to do. Jim
 
Yes. but not a good choice with an unknown old mill. the backlash in the bed screws let the work be dragged into the cutter, either breaking it, or gouging the part. I have 5 manual tool room devices in my lab that cannot be used with climb milling. all of our zero backlash manual and all the CNC lathes have recirculating Ball screws. Climb milling is preferred but not a best plan as a novice on an unknown old mill. Jim
 

At the least you will be able to bore, drill, mill a round hole... Once you get comfortable with the table you will wonder how you ever got along with out it...
 
As Hobo said, a milling machine can make even the simplest of shop chores--drilling a hole in the right location, slotting a hole originally drilled in the wrong location, taking down a hump of metal or truing up a flat surface--easier and more precise, and of course the upside is only limited by your imagination. One caution with old mills--as mentioned, climb milling is NOT a wise maneuver--the backlash in most old mills will lead to crashing the cutter, ruining the workpiece, or other dangers--trust me, a snapped-off end mill can develop some impressive velocity! Another thing to note is what you have for a spindle. Hopefully it's a common one like Morse or R8, but if not, finding end mill holders and other tooling can be considerably more difficult. If the other machines you have a chance to get come out of the same shop, grab all the tooling you can get for them--quite often the tooling is worth more than the machine, and if it's purpose-built FOR that machine, it's more valuable--at least to you--yet, especially if the machine is indeed an orphan with non-standard spingles or attachment systems.
 
Thanks for the tips. The advice is most welcome. I just got home from getting the other machines. There is an Atlas mill, a South bend shaper, and South bend lathe and a whole cabinet full of tooling. I even got some round stock. I'll get some pictures in the morning when I unload it all. I guess my lean-to is turning into a machine shop. Anyone know of a good book to study up on this kind of thing?
 
"How To Run A Lathe" is the old standby, published by South Bend and sent with their lathes back in the day. Still available on Amazon and other places--link below is just the first one that came up, not necessarily the best source. Running machine tools is a lifetime endeavor, but there's tons of support available, here and other places, online and off.
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(quoted from post at 23:56:24 08/21/17) Thanks for the tips. The advice is most welcome. I just got home from getting the other machines. There is an Atlas mill, a South bend shaper, and South bend lathe and a whole cabinet full of tooling. I even got some round stock. I'll get some pictures in the morning when I unload it all. I guess my lean-to is turning into a machine shop. Anyone know of a good book to study up on this kind of thing?
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Brendon, I've got a whole library of books on this subject, including stuff specifically on the shaper that's hard to find. I can help you out.
 
I have this type of equipment in my gun shop. You need to find out the SB models and serial number which you will find on the right end of the lathe bed with letters??? I tell you more when you have info & photo's.
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