Hi all, A source for used equipment: Plaza Machinery in Bethel, VT. He can
ship anything anywhere.
Very honest and reputable fellow. Sells quality equipment.
www.plazamachinery.com
Joe@plazamachinery.com
Again, no financial interest, just a good guy to deal with.
Bill Tobin Erie, PA Vintage TR6 Gingerman bound
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Babcock
To: WILLIAM TOBIN
Cc: James McAndrew ; fot@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 12:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] OT Milling machine
I agree that the american or german made machines are worth the bucks and
better used than the chinese stuff is new, but I've found this shoptask
machine to be pretty handy for my middling skills--the little I remember from
machine shop class in High School reinforced with a bunch of skimmed books. I
think it takes about three years of serious effort to be a machinist of any
quality and ten years and some talent before you really know what you're
doing.
Used to be a lot of used good machinery around, and I had a friend that sold
the stuff. When I finally had space to put together a machine shop he was out
of biz--told me the sources of used equipment had pretty much dried up and the
available stuff was junk. Kind of makes sense--when every little town had a
machine shop the equipment moved around a lot. Most of those small shops are
gone, and the gear serious people buy today is for lights out machining. When
one of those operations goes BK there's nothing us regular folks can use.
I spent a lot of time perusing eBay and other sources before I bought my
shoptask. I gave up.
On Apr 30, 2008, at 5:22 PM, WILLIAM TOBIN wrote:
Hi, this is along the lines of discusion about automotive lifts of a few
weeks ago. You need one.
Go for the Bridgeport, with digital readout and power feed. Yeah, the
Griz
or Jet or Enco are ok, but you can get a used Bridgeport (or Clausing or
other brands) for about the same money and it will outlast the lesser
brands. Plus, was made in Conn.or somewhere domestically and parts or
accessories are readily available.
I have an Index brand milling machine, built in 1944; I have the original
mfr. documents. War Dept OK'd! It's smooth as silk and much more accurate
than I'll ever be. (Before I bought it, I'd never run one!)
I also have a Rutland brand import; works ok but not a Bridgeport.
Probably
came from the same factory as the Enco, etc.
I have a couple sources for used equipment; give me a shout and I'll give
you details. And no I don't have a financial interest in them. Just
trying
to help.
Hope this helps; my 2 francs worth.
Thanks, Bill Tobin Erie Pa Vintage TR6
----- Original Message -----
From: "James McAndrew" <jdment@suddenlink.net>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:02 PM
Subject: [Fot] OT Milling machine
I need advice from the incredible fund of knowledge of the FOT.
I'm looking into buying a small milling machine (to make small
prototype
Triumph parts- okay now I'm back on topic).
I don't need a Bridgeport.
I have 220v single phase in my garage.
What should I get? Jet? Grizzly? Do I need digital readout? Power
feed?
Thanks
Jim McAndrew
Tyler, Texas
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