Gazzar Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I've a hankering for a milling machine - I know sod all about them, which has never stopped me in the past. I came across this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Used-Elliott-No-2-Universal-Milling-Machine-Ex-College-Includes-VAT-/281703283962?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item4196d2fcfa on ebay. What do you think? Check the comments. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffR Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Love the answer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CwazyWabbit Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Rofl, I think he'd consider himself told at that point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 That's funny ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Its as is a horizontal mill, a verticval mill is more usefull ...but both is better ! I have an old Beaver Vertcial mill, power feed both tables, powered quill, and INT30 which is seriously old hat, but I can get tooling cheap !Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GW8IZR Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I think I would find that machine a bit of a nuisance without the vertical head but it would be a lot stiffer than (for example) a modern Chinese machine. If you are looking for a mill I suggest you try to buy one that comes with some tooling if possible as you can very easily double the cost of the machine once you start buying clamps, rotary tables cutters etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Excepting the price comment, I agree with the author of the question. Advertising it as an universal mill implies it can do horizontal and vertical, which it cannot. I don't think he deserved quite such a shirty reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I'd go for a Bridgeport universal. There are loads of bits and add ons. It's like the ford escort of millers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 For odd jobbing at home I would go for a turret mill. A horizontal is a great machine if you have the space to keep it and the money to tool it. Most stuff you can do on a vertical given time. The only thing I've ever used them for is making stuff flat or putting slots in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 Its as is a horizontal mill, a verticval mill is more usefull ...but both is better ! I have an old Beaver Vertcial mill, power feed both tables, powered quill, and INT30 which is seriously old hat, but I can get tooling cheap ! Nige Erm, a horizontal can do everything a vertical can but a vertical cant do everything a horizontal can...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Erm, a horizontal can do everything a vertical can but a vertical cant do everything a horizontal can...... True - but for something like pocketing, visibility is limited (as the tool is pointing towards you thus you are looking at the back of the job rather than down in to the pocket. My friend has a Tom Senior Horizontal with the vertical attachment - it is very versitile and impressively rigid, even compared to my Bridgeport Interract. I've used his mill for a couple of jobs - but he's never asked to use mine which has to say something about the flexibility of a horizontal. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickwilliams Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 This would be much more useful tool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoltan Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Our horizontal is the least used machine in the workshop, just everything is much more hassle to set up. Save up for a Bridgeport BRJ it is a hugely versatile milling machine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Oh, it's ages away yet, I've yet to get the lathe into the workshop, or even finish the workshop (cladding ordered today - yay!). What I'd really like is to spend a day using a mill. It's a bit silly, I know, but I can't find an evening class or similar to learn this stuff. Hair dressing or nail dressing (or whatever one does to nails, mine are too ragged to qualify as nails) I can find courses, but no metal working. No wonder the UK is going to pot! G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynic-al Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Years ago i did an nvq night class years ago that covered turning milling grinding and bench fitting. Recently I've been trying to find one in practical industrial electrics and control but I'm struggling. The best I can do find full time courses that last a fee weeks. I'm that frustrated I'm thinking of doing holiday french instead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcan bomber Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Our horizontal is the least used machine in the workshop, just everything is much more hassle to set up. Save up for a Bridgeport BRJ it is a hugely versatile milling machine And yet our Horizontal at work never stops.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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