Gorton Mills

[spro]

There are many on ebay now and some real sleepers. Heavy mills with little mention here. They had a taper which was unusual then. Now we can find them. Gorton is a good name and heavy American iron. Any thoughts about Gorton milling machines ?

[Harold_V]

Yes. Good thoughts. They built some wonderful mills. Far better than BP, although it's not fair to compare them, as they are not in the same league.

Harold

[Russ Hanscom]

There were lots of spindle taper options; I have seen MT30 and MT40, Kwick Switch, and of course Gorton's own. My 1-22 has the Kwick Switch taper but since it came with over 160 tool holders, I am amply equipped.

[spro]

Thanks for the information. One would expect a seller to include the spindle taper in the description. During a scan of available Gortons, nobody mentioned the taper which could be an known advantage. It would be dandy if the horse had a # 30 or #40 or equipped with a full complement of tooling. When it isn't mentioned, I tend to think it is the Gorton taper. The unknown tends to turn a buyer off.
There should be an attempt to describe the taper or how another standard could be modified to fit. Something.!

[TRX]

My #3 mill uses a Brown & Sharpe #9 taper.

[StuWil]

Gorton Mills
Found one (it actually found me) that was used for pattern milling. The owner was willing to give it to me. "Huge" is a word that comes to mind looking at the monster. I backed away from a free mill, that probably could do anything, simply because of its' size. Powered all axis. It sat in a corner like jabba the hutt, sorta felt sorry for it cause i think it got scrapped