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18" 3/8 Husky,, very little wear,, seems to have a lot of wear marks from traveling.14"?
Doesnt appear to have been dressed and dont need it now.
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Coffee refill at the gas station 
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These were free i have to make a jaw plate for the vise
I bought one of these suitcase electric pressure washers
To clean saws with
I have a 4400psi gas powered one but it's a pain to setup to run just doing little jobs.
I had really no issues with electric pressure washers before
Just the tall bastards were always falling over
This was 60.00 shipped.
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I have been looking for something just like that with a remote hose. Do you have a link?
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MAPP Gas Plumbing Burner Torch Propane Soldering Brazing Welding Torch with Hose | eBay
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100 year old boat motor,, turns over,, fb aution,, cheep
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I bet that weighs almost as much as a Stihl chainsaw.
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What shape are the ways in? If you go out sorta near the ends of table travel and snug the clamp screws then crank back to the middle 8 inches or so, does the table get too loose?
The lead screw in good shape? I seen some that would be worn enough to have 80 thou or so of "drift" from center to either end of travel.
Yeah we used that one more like a drill press and did mostly hand layout work on it or cut keyways and stuff that a tape measure was close enough.
Nice to have the vari speed head and not have to flip pulley grooves. Makes finding a speed where a boring bar runs the smoothest a better possibility.
Oh and don't forget the masking tape in the table edges for marking locations. IF the power blinks and the DRO looses your numbers, it can be a pisser.
The lead screw in good shape? I seen some that would be worn enough to have 80 thou or so of "drift" from center to either end of travel.
Yeah we used that one more like a drill press and did mostly hand layout work on it or cut keyways and stuff that a tape measure was close enough.
Nice to have the vari speed head and not have to flip pulley grooves. Makes finding a speed where a boring bar runs the smoothest a better possibility.
Oh and don't forget the masking tape in the table edges for marking locations. IF the power blinks and the DRO looses your numbers, it can be a pisser.
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It landed today so I’m not sure what I have yet. The table does have wear, but also needs adjustment. I may rip the variable speed pulley system off and build a direct drive with VFD for speed control.
Unfortunately there aren’t that many mills around here for sale. This was a cheap one at $2500. It won’t be the tightest machine. I looked at several in worse shape in the 5-7k range without tooling, feeds or DRO.
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Ketchup, I don't know what your background is with the machinery, so forgive me if I'm just blathering stuff that you already know. Maybe it'll help some else sometime?
I might also add to check the worm in the sideways head tilt and loosen the nuts enough to look for soap or water or solvent/cleaner in anything.
Does the central column have a door in it? How about where the whole top swivels on the column?
Reason I mention it is..
I've seen auctions where they came in with a heated pressure washer to clean up machinery.
If it was cleaned up with varisol or kerosene, not quite the same issues, but I'd still check every moving part and clean every sliding surface, then flush everything including the oiler passages with oil.
If the any of previous operators ever used a mist coolant system, that stuff tended to leave a gummy film all under the table and especially on the knee ways and just seemed to capture really fine metal bits.
Gets packed up at ether end of routine travel and makes that issue with the gibs worse.
Oh and my best trick for using a liquid or flood coolant system?
First take the hoses out of the table corners and tie a piece of masons cord through the holes.
It needs to be about three ft or so long.
Now get two pieces of roofing tin and set them up to catch the coolant running down the strings. Surface tension and stuff is your friend/trick here as it tends to keep the coolant running on the strings.
Beats having those hoses always clogged with chips and coolant running over in the floor!
I used to mill tapered bars in an electric motor repair shop (on a universal mill) and this was how I managed the coolant circulation problem.
I might also add to check the worm in the sideways head tilt and loosen the nuts enough to look for soap or water or solvent/cleaner in anything.
Does the central column have a door in it? How about where the whole top swivels on the column?
Reason I mention it is..
I've seen auctions where they came in with a heated pressure washer to clean up machinery.
If it was cleaned up with varisol or kerosene, not quite the same issues, but I'd still check every moving part and clean every sliding surface, then flush everything including the oiler passages with oil.
If the any of previous operators ever used a mist coolant system, that stuff tended to leave a gummy film all under the table and especially on the knee ways and just seemed to capture really fine metal bits.
Gets packed up at ether end of routine travel and makes that issue with the gibs worse.
Oh and my best trick for using a liquid or flood coolant system?
First take the hoses out of the table corners and tie a piece of masons cord through the holes.
It needs to be about three ft or so long.
Now get two pieces of roofing tin and set them up to catch the coolant running down the strings. Surface tension and stuff is your friend/trick here as it tends to keep the coolant running on the strings.
Beats having those hoses always clogged with chips and coolant running over in the floor!
I used to mill tapered bars in an electric motor repair shop (on a universal mill) and this was how I managed the coolant circulation problem.
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