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#Post#: 62515--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: txlabman Date: April 6, 2024, 1:04 pm
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[quote author=Stoker link=topic=7086.msg62513#msg62513
date=1712426531]
Looks like a decent hobby mill you have there Charlie ..... but
you really shouldn't go barefoot in a machine shop!
Ouch!!! ;c)
[/quote]
I was just taking pictures.
I didn’t notice that my ugly foot got in the picture until you
mentioned it. :)
#Post#: 62516--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: Stoker Date: April 6, 2024, 1:16 pm
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[quote author=txlabman link=topic=7086.msg62515#msg62515
date=1712426642]
[quote author=Stoker link=topic=7086.msg62513#msg62513
date=1712426531]
Looks like a decent hobby mill you have there Charlie ..... but
you really shouldn't go barefoot in a machine shop!
Ouch!!! ;c)
[/quote]
I was just taking pictures.
I didn’t notice that my ugly foot got in the picture until you
mentioned it. :)
[/quote]
Nothing especially ugly about your foot Charlie, but I just had
to wince thinking of a nice sharp curved chip piercing the
bottom of your foot and how much fun that would be getting it
back out.
I diligently sweep the floor around my machine tools after every
use, but still find nasty little sharp chips around on the
floor, and other places you wouldn't really expect, afterwards.
For that matter, I always remove and check the bottom of my
shoes and other clothing before reentering the house, as should
any of those nasty little chips get into the carpeting then into
my Lady's foot, I'd certainly have to be looking for a new place
to live!!!
#Post#: 62521--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: St Paul Steam Date: April 6, 2024, 3:11 pm
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[quote author=txlabman link=topic=7086.msg62515#msg62515
date=1712426642]
[quote author=Stoker link=topic=7086.msg62513#msg62513
date=1712426531]
Looks like a decent hobby mill you have there Charlie ..... but
you really shouldn't go barefoot in a machine shop!
Ouch!!! ;c)
[/quote]
I was just taking pictures.
I didn’t notice that my ugly foot got in the picture until you
mentioned it. :)
[/quote]
Charlie got busted...lol
nice looking set-up there Charlie, my Taig mill is smaller than
yours, but has served me well for 10+ years (ever since Dean
Williams was on the Mamod forum)
I am going with R-8 collets (well that's what the machine takes)
I already have them, & a set of C-5 collets. I plan on picking
the brains of the machinist on here about many things most
likely. I am drooling over so much tooling & buying bits & bobs
here & there when I can. (this is fun)
#Post#: 62522--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: Stoker Date: April 6, 2024, 3:50 pm
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My little mill has an R-8 spindle nose, probably mostly because
that is what I was used to working with on the Bridgeport where
I was last enslaved. I do have an ER-25 set of collets that came
with a R-8 mounting chuck to hold them, but rarely find use for
them on the mill, while I do use them extensively on my Atlas
618 in a collet chuck I built from a Dean Williams tutorial.
#Post#: 62622--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: Stoker Date: April 10, 2024, 9:18 pm
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Hey Bruce
Don't know if you are still looking at Precision Mathews, or
even column mills of any brand, but since you started this
thread, I've been looking around at what's available and
comparing it to my little Grizzly mill. I am still perfectly
happy with my G0704, but it seems like you have jumped up a
level or three as you are now talking about an 1,100-pound
machine it seems, and that is in a completely different class
from what I have.
However, one thing I've noticed about PM column mills that would
make me lean that way rather hard were I to be buying now, is
the way that the column is mounted to the base on the PM machine
looks to be much more ridged than how my Grizzly mill column is
attached. Of course, being more ridged, does not mean that it is
necessarily square to the table as received from the factory,
but it does mean that once properly squared up, it is less
likely to go out of square caused by taking a heavy cut or
similar stress.
Just another point to ponder!
#Post#: 62623--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: St Paul Steam Date: April 10, 2024, 10:26 pm
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[quote author=Stoker link=topic=7086.msg62622#msg62622
date=1712801920]
Hey Bruce
Don't know if you are still looking at Precision Mathews, or
even column mills of any brand, but since you started this
thread, I've been looking around at what's available and
comparing it to my little Grizzly mill. I am still perfectly
happy with my G0704, but it seems like you have jumped up a
level or three as you are now talking about an 1,100-pound
machine it seems, and that is in a completely different class
from what I have.
However, one thing I've noticed about PM column mills that would
make me lean that way rather hard were I to be buying now, is
the way that the column is mounted to the base on the PM machine
looks to be much more ridged than how my Grizzly mill column is
attached. Of course, being more ridged, does not mean that it is
necessarily square to the table as received from the factory,
but it does mean that once properly squared up, it is less
likely to go out of square caused by taking a heavy cut or
similar stress.
Just another point to ponder!
[/quote]
Thanks Stoker
If I buy new ,it will be a Precision Mathews most likely. I like
the PM932V vertical mill, crazyDoug has one of these also. The
price difference seems to be acceptable, I'm also liking the
PM1130V lathe. I have found 2 PM mills that are fairly new on FB
marketplace ,although they are not very close to me albeit
somewhat cheaper than new. Precision Mathews seem to be a little
better made as far as the Chinese tools go. I am trying to deal
with a nice little South Bend model A lathe that will be a nice
compliment to my SB model C with many more features than mine
has and the benefit of sharing all tooling, but the seller is a
real squirrel and I can't peg him down on anything, cost, time
to see it,availability, what is included...ect, but by the
photo's I really like what I see.
#Post#: 62624--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: Stoker Date: April 10, 2024, 11:23 pm
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Sounds like you are deep into the hunt and stalking your quarry
carefully.
Best of luck and I hope you manage to bag your limit!!!
#Post#: 62724--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: St Paul Steam Date: April 16, 2024, 10:32 am
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Does anyone have any knowledge/experience with Baileigh mills,
this one caught my attention. Vertical Mill Drill - (VMD-931G)
although the quill travel is quite miniscule.
#Post#: 62728--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: Stoker Date: April 16, 2024, 3:58 pm
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I have no knowledge of this Baileigh mill, but the picture makes
it look like it has the same base casting and column attachment
style as does the Precision Mathews, which I would definitely
rate as a better system than my Grizzly. The specs I'm seeing
say that the VMD-931G has 4.75" of quill travel which is only
1/4" less than the Bridgeport I used to work with, and more than
twice what my little G0704 has available. I'd say the 4.75"
should be more than adequate for almost anything you'll need to
do, but the column can give you over a foot more Z-travel drop
should you need it.
I will say that perhaps my biggest disappointment with my little
Grizzly mill is the small amount of quill travel at just barely
over 2", but rarely do any work that require accommodations for
that short travel, while in spite of that shortcoming, I'm still
quite happy with it and wouldn't likely be able to give any
bigger of a mill a home anyway. Looks like that Baileigh is
nearly four times the ship weight of my little G0704, but also
twice the horsepower as well. I'm sure that it also has a host
of other superior features to offer such as the power table
feeds shown!
#Post#: 62735--------------------------------------------------
Re: "Machinist thread" (please join in) I'm Considerin
g Precision Matthews Vertical Mill & "blondihacks"
machinist video
By: St Paul Steam Date: April 16, 2024, 9:40 pm
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[quote author=Stoker link=topic=7086.msg62728#msg62728
date=1713301130]
I have no knowledge of this Baileigh mill, but the picture makes
it look like it has the same base casting and column attachment
style as does the Precision Mathews, which I would definitely
rate as a better system than my Grizzly. The specs I'm seeing
say that the VMD-931G has 4.75" of quill travel which is only
1/4" less than the Bridgeport I used to work with, and more than
twice what my little G0704 has available. I'd say the 4.75"
should be more than adequate for almost anything you'll need to
do, but the column can give you over a foot more Z-travel drop
should you need it.
I will say that perhaps my biggest disappointment with my little
Grizzly mill is the small amount of quill travel at just barely
over 2", but rarely do any work that require accommodations for
that short travel, while in spite of that shortcoming, I'm still
quite happy with it and wouldn't likely be able to give any
bigger of a mill a home anyway. Looks like that Baileigh is
nearly four times the ship weight of my little G0704, but also
twice the horsepower as well. I'm sure that it also has a host
of other superior features to offer such as the power table
feeds shown!
[/quote]
Thank you, I guess I saw Drilling Capacity (In)1.5 then
elsewhere it say 1.75" a bit confusing, & the weight seems to
change in different places as well (maybe a stand added in)
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