NOW what did you buy???

[alex71]

the wife says....


Millrite Model MV
Made by The U.S. Burke Machine Tool Comp.

Too tired to wire it up, let alone clean it up today.. But here it is. Tested it before loading it on the trailer, works fine. $800 including a few collets, couple of drawbars, a bit of tooling, a drill chuck, a vise, clamping kit, and a phase converter! ****?

This unit is about 2/3 the size of a bridgeport. 6 feet tall, 32x7 table, 3.5 inches of quill travel.

 

[davestlouis]

Holy cow, you guys have snow on the ground? Thank heaven I don't live that far north...

 

[wrenchr]

the wife says....


Millrite Model MV
Made by The U.S. Burke Machine Tool Comp.

Too tired to wire it up, let alone clean it up today.. But here it is. Tested it before loading it on the trailer, works fine. $800 including a few collets, couple of drawbars, a bit of tooling, a drill chuck, a vise, clamping kit, and a phase converter! ****?

This unit is about 2/3 the size of a bridgeport. 6 feet tall, 32x7 table, 3.5 inches of quill travel.

That hat looks like Joe Dirts hair!!!

 

[alex71]

That's a pic of my neighbor (with the silly hat) and a friend helping me unload the mill from my trailer.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Man you do indeed ****!

 

[goodfellow]

Looks great!! Never used a Millrite. Maybe OCG can give us a little history on this one.

 

[Uncle Buck]

BTW: Tell your neighbor with the "Russian Invader hat" that I want that! I MUST HAVE THAT HAT! IT WILL COMPLETE MY UB IMAGE!

 

[bchee]

Holy cow, you guys have snow on the ground? Thank heaven I don't live that far north...

I was thinking the same thing. It's almost march!!

 

[speed bump]

BTW: Tell your neighbor with the "Russian Invader hat" that I want that! I MUST HAVE THAT HAT! IT WILL COMPLETE MY UB IMAGE!

Generally your local farm supply store will sell them (atleast ours does.)

 

[toadjammer]

Congrats on the addition to your workshop. Well you had to ask:
The first picture is of the bridgeport CNC. The second is a Cincinati No.1 tool and cutter grinder. Spent 1250 for both.

 

[fatfillup]

Yes you **** but it eases my pain cause it looks cold!

 

[alex71]

Wish I had that kind of room! I just barely managed to squeeze the millrite in, and its pretty small.

Anyway... got rid of the phase converter that came with it, and installed a TECO VFD. Rewired the reversing drum switch that came on the mill as a remote for the VFD. made a quick and dirty mount for it out of scrap.

So now its usable. still needs some cleanup, some oiling and some paint...

 

[goodfellow]

excellent -- good score on the tooling BTW. Good luck with your new machine shop!

 

[alex71]

Finally started stripping it for paint. so far two go-arounds with chemical pain stripper, scrape, scrape, wire brush... one more go-around ought to do it.

 

[Moose-LandTran]

BTW: Tell your neighbor with the "Russian Invader hat" that I want that! I MUST HAVE THAT HAT! IT WILL COMPLETE MY UB IMAGE!

I have to agree, awesome hat. The John Deere cap i wear completes the Moose image.

 

[raccoon]

thats one **** hat...

 

[alex71]

looks like we found some guys with a tool AND a hat fetish. OK..

its down to the bare iron after another coat of chemical stripper, a run through with a wire wheel, and a wipe down with xylene. after I recover some brain cells and give it another wipedown it'll be time for paint. maybe it will actually look presentable?

I'm thinking of leaving the head as bare aluminum, even though it was painted from the factory... hmm...

 

[Brad54]

I believe you MUST leave that bare aluminum. And paint it something other than dismal Battle Ship Gray. Someone, I think it was on here, painted an old lathe bright orange, with Art Deco trim, and it looks awesome.

I like "high performance" or "hard hat" red and flat black from Rust-o-leum. Seems to be holding up well in my shop, but I'm not coating any of it with cutting oil either.

-Brad

 

[alex71]

Gray paint is already bought. I refuse to paint anything orange--reminds me of harbor freight

 

[murph64]

Took a while to realize where I saw this before...Pirate


Andy

 

[OldCarGuy]

That’s a nice milling machine at a reasonable cost. The Millrite can perform most of what a Bridgeport can do; but with smaller cuts. And has a much smaller footprint.. Below is a link to the manual that covers the Millrite.

BTW gray would be my choice...

http://www.metalworking.com/DropBox/Burke--Manual.pdf

 

[riley.m]

Are you planning on buffing out the aluminum,or leaving it like that.

 

[alex71]

I'm going to clean it up a bit more.... I'm not much of a polisher--don't even know that I have a buffing pad anywhere in my garage, but I should be able to make it look somewhat better.

I'm not out to restore this thing, just make it look descent. The machine is going to be used, not just sit there to be admired It will get coated with grinder dust, metal chips, and cutting fluid. that's life in the shop. I just couldn't stand the idiotic paint job the PO put on it.

 

[alex71]

Finally, some paint... well, primer anyway. that cast iron really soaks up the paint...

maybe I should just leave it white???

one coat of primer, motor housing and pulley cover in bare aluminum.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Gray paint is already bought. I refuse to paint anything orange--reminds me of harbor freight

You can never go wrong with gray.

 

[alex71]

That's right, and here it is with the first coat of gloss gray on it. I had to let it sit for a couple of weeks for the primer to cure....

OK, not really, just too much other stuff to do to get back to it, until now.

Another coat or two of gray, and a little black on the logo, and its ready to work!

 

[alex71]

Finally finished it yesterday. Man I'm sloooooow.

With three coats of primer and two coats of paint, it came out real nice. The total coating is amost 1/16" thick, very consistent and glossy. looks like a new machine....

Now to make some metal chips