I purchased a used bench mill recently, and have some questions about it. It is badged as a Birmingham, "made in taiwan", and looks exactly like the RF-30/31....
Sounds like youve got a case of "gummed" lubricant. This is prone to happen when my milldrill sits idle, I just start spraying on whatever spray lube is handy,...
I recently purchased a set of R-8 collets, but found that they do not fit my mill. Either the locating pin inside the quill is too long, or the depth of the...
The dia. of the back end of the collet should be .950 +/- and the slot should be about .070 deep. It's been my experience that the dia. of the rear end of...
I'm guessing it's one of the cheap sets from Enco or Harbor freight? What I found with mine, was that the keyway at the drawbar end of the collets needed to be...
Lou, When I got my HF geared head MD a few years back, I had the same problem. In my case, the pin inside was too long (or not seated completely). Several ...
Hi, I am looking at purshasing a Enco 105-1132 mill drill, I am sorry if this topic has been previously disscused, but don't have time to search for all the...
Bill, Thanks for the info. I will give it a try. By the way, what is "LPS"? I googled it and found it at lpslabs.com. Is this the same stuff you are...
I've bought a lot of small items from Enco and am quite satisfied. However, I have never bought a large item from them. They've screwed up one order in three ...
The website you found is the home of the "LPS" I referred to, and you probably noticed they have many products. The one I was referring to was LPS2, and it is...
I have this mill, though mine is about 10yrs old, seems identical. No problems, no complaints....IF!!, I stress that its a milldrill and NOT a mill. It has...
I saw the sieg x3 on the lathemaster site, and was concidering, however I dont really know if it is worth it. I have a drill press, and the mill drill is...
I Suppose if you looked at the Sieg 3, youve probably looked at the minimill?? I purchased one of the HF's minimills back in the summer, and frankly, I,m...
I have a HF mill/drill and the X3, not any comparison. X3 will eat some metal. Hank ... From: hr622 To: mill_drill@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 03,...
For you folks that are looking at purchasing a mill you should consider a Grizzly. Their web site is Grizzley.com All of these are imports but their quality...
Hello All Can anyone recommend an on line store for purchasing hobbyist quantities of metals at a decent price? Mainly looking for 303 stainless steel in flat...
http://www.onlinemetals.com/ ... From: MSP To: mill_drill@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 9:15 AM Subject: [mill_drill] Metal supply store? ...
what you really want... enco 325-5184 Unfortunatly they have been back ordered for ever. As for the round column mill It works well enough but you have to be...
Hello Everyone, Sorry about the OT here, but you guys have been very knowledgeable about this. I have a Rusnok Vertical milling head (like a Bridgeport "H"...
I'm never big on hammering the groups to sell products, but... We put our square column mills on sale from now through the end of the year for $2000 with FREE...
... You can do anything you want with a VFD so long as you never switch the three output wires while the VFD is powered up. Just pull the plug and wait a...
If I recall right, Dave A had his controller on the wall & ran his HF7x24 (that's right) and his mini mill off it with a switch. Mert MertBaker@... ......
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Hi,Guys and Gals, Been some time since I was last on here but good evening to all. I have one of the verticle mills such as pictured here, However I am looking...
Very soon i will be making a purchase of a new mill and possably lathe also. I am either looking at getting a HF or wholesale tool mill drill and a 9x20 lathe...
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