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Ever seen this Mill before?

motorcitykid

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I’ve got an opportunity to get this Mill locally and am trying to get any insight into it. The owner doesn’t seem to know much, he got it and never put it together. Wants it gone. I’m figuring out moving it and trying to get any insight.
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Cruzan80

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It looks like a Bridgeport style or clone. The ram is in the second pic, with the head swiveled 90deg horizontal and the nose pointed away from you.
 

txvwnut

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If it’s free I’d say get it if there is any money involved I’d leave it where it sits. If you do get it make sure the four bolts and the spider are there for the head assembly.
 
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scooby074

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Looks to be a bridgeport style that may or may not be missing parts. If the price was right, Id be all over it if it was local.
 

loganb

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Bridgeport clone it appears

Check motor name plate, if it's 3 phase it just became more expensive to get running in the average garage. For free and local id at least look at it and try and confirm it's all there and inspect condition
 

RoninB4

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Hard to say with the photos. Could be an Arboga or one of several other European makes although the paint looks new enough to be some Chi-Wan aberration. The base does sorta resemble a Bridgeport clone but the ram/head certainly isn't. Best bet is to find any nameplates with COO writing on them, that might help you track the country it was made in. From there go to https://lathes.co.uk/#gsc.tab=0 to look up candidates with photos, it's a good website for info.

If the electric motor is still good and all the needed components/parts are there you ought to grab it if it's dirt cheap and it ought to be. If the owner never put it back together then nobody knows if it's worth more than scrap iron prices. The owner wants it gone so he's already decided that it will never be assembled and tested. You'll be taking a big chance on this becoming a boat anchor so lowball it. I've worked with a number of oddball milling machines and can perhaps help identify this one if you can at least get the head back on with some photos. You'll also want to identify what the spindle taper is (tooling included?) because some tool holders have absurdly expensive/scarce tapers that should be figured into whether to take it or not. There's a slew of other things (tapered gibs, motor couplings, drive belts, lead screw condition, wiring voltage, etc.) to consider.

Do you have any experience with machine tool building? Have you run a milling machine before? Get some more info off a nameplate on the machine before deciding if you want this project (because it is one). It may be worth the trouble, it may not.
 
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