The Home Machinist!

The Anaheim Automation is shown as a 6 wire hookup in their docs. Showing the center wire as common makes it a unipolar drive. I designed a drive like that back in 1993. The Centent is unipolar. How much did the batch of drives cost?

Charles

I bought some stepper motor driver boards on Ebay. The boards have connections for 6 wire stepper motors. Can I use these driver boards to run 4 wire steppers? Thanks, Jim Presuming the board actually uses all 6 wires, No it will not work. The boards are designed for 6 wire unipolar motors and the ...

Cameron drill presses are really nice. My work has had one for years and they work well. I liked that they were small enough that you could use them and then put them on a shelf thus freeing up bench space. I would recommend the version with the single speed motor and add an external variable speed ...

I posted photos of a just purchased angle vise in the previous thread, here are photos of the reworked Brown & Sharpe #3T Universal Tool Maker's Vise. This is an example, as I had written before, of good old "American Iron". Yes, I know some of you like to buy new "Chinese, super...

crrmeyer-- Those Wells Index machines sure are pretty! Wonder what they cost? --Bill $16.5K http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120319286208 But if you cannot afford a new one, consider a used one, such as the 747. They are super well built and under appreciated in the marketplac...

seal killer wrote:MickeyD--
owever, when it concerns lathes, and mills heavier than a Bridgeport, what will you buy with an American name on it?

New mills: Lagun.

--Bill

Wells Index. Still made in the US and they still have parts available for Index mills made from the 1940's.

Anyone on the board have experience with this model mill? I have an opportunity to buy one and would like to get feedback on it. I know it has a B&S #9 spindle taper which is a negative. Thanks. You can contact the factory regarding spare parts - they are still in buisness and have great suppor...

BarryK wrote:Hi all

I'm just in the process of purchasing a Warco vertical miller, model KF-VO-AIS.

Does is look like this? The photo is of one that a guy had up the street forsale a year back for around $1050. It was 20 years old with about almost no use.

Is this the manual?

http://members.cox.net/crmeyer/mill_g1008_manual.pdf

Jose, If you don't buy that one, I'm going to kick your a$$ from Vallejo to San Carlos, and back. (If you need a truck, I'll be back after Xmas.) Dave in Pleasanton. I suspect he going to buy it based on his posting... http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/showthread.php?t=147154 Is there a finder's...

Yes, I have consider one of those. Money is not the issue but garage space. Would love a BP but to big. I just saw this cutie Clausing near where I live posted on eBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120192953740&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=002 Check out this ...