For those looking for a small knee mill

Jose Rivera · Post by **Jose Rivera** » Sat May 10, 2008 11:40 pm

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/pen/tls/673193295.html

Frank Ford · Post by **Frank Ford** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:39 pm

Jose -

What do you think of THIS one in San Leandro? Looks pretty nifty to me!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... :IT&ih=006

I wouldn't mind trying my hand at making some spiral items, worms, gears ,etc.

Jose Rivera · Post by **Jose Rivera** » Sun May 11, 2008 4:43 pm

That is not a mill, is a piece of art and a hell of a deal considering all the tooling that come with it.

Certainly puts my Clausing to shame

Bill Shields · Post by **Bill Shields** » Sun May 11, 2008 5:50 pm

They are nice machines, but a little bit small for much of the work many of us do.

For what the bidding is up to. you can get a good used full-size knee mill, with tooling and probably a DRO.

Jose Rivera · Post by **Jose Rivera** » Sun May 11, 2008 6:33 pm

Agree to that, except that it far more flexible for complex set-ups, but the size makes it limiting for only small jobs.

I guess it depends on the type of work. For what I do, it would perfect, but I have not money nor space.

Frank Ford · Post by **Frank Ford** » Sun May 11, 2008 7:39 pm

I have a full size mill with DRO. This little Hardinge looks like it might be amazingly flexible for complex stuff.

What's it worth, with all that stuff??

Jose Rivera · Post by **Jose Rivera** » Sun May 11, 2008 8:35 pm

My guess that the machine with all the tooling may have cost $18,000 new?

Frank Ford · Post by **Frank Ford** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:05 pm

I wouldn't be surprised. Today, Hardinge gets $7,800 for the dividing head alone!

Painful as it is, I think I'll bite my hand and not bid on this one. I have the dough, (as long as my 17 year old van is still running), but my space is so cramped right now I don't know where I'd be able to put it. And, if I were to get it I'd be compelled to start a steep learning curve. Where the time would come from I haven't a clue. . .

Jose Rivera · Post by **Jose Rivera** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:08 pm

That's OK Frank, I'll make room in my garage and keep it here for you

Jose Rivera · Post by **Jose Rivera** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:13 pm

Frank, found another Hardinge, same model less money less tools.
http://cgi.ebay.com/HARDINGE-6-5-x-25-U ... dZViewItem

Jose Rivera · Post by **Jose Rivera** » Sun May 11, 2008 9:18 pm

Yet another !

http://cgi.ebay.com/Hardinge-Horizontal ... dZViewItem

Frank Ford · Post by **Frank Ford** » Mon May 12, 2008 1:57 am

Jose -

Right you are, but for me, the whole deal hinges on the dividing head coupled to the cross feed. That gives spirals and all the cool stuff.

Oh well, my old tired heartbeat is returning to normal now that I realize I don't have to face the pain of moving another half ton piece of gear.

Thanks for the links.

Meanwhile, I just got my old Rambold turret lathe spitting chips, and is it ever cool, I'm off to start another thread with a link to my site where I just posted that stuff.

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