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canuck750:
While looking at an old milling machine I saw this on a shop floor, $150.00, complete with all spindle attachments and it works,

How could I pass this heavy lump of casting up, it's probably worth $50.00 in scrap steel alone



It's a Bear brake rotor lathe, distributed in Canada under then name Applied Power



I may never use it but it sure is a neat piece of kit

The mill turned out to be junk, not like this gem ::)

Triple Jim:
Good job picking that up!  I'd love to have one of those myself.  I have a 12" lathe, but it's tough to get to both sides of the disk at the same time on mine.   :)

So what did the old milling machine look like?

fotoguzzi:
 :drool

canuck750:

--- Quote from: Triple Jim on April 29, 2015, 09:37:54 PM ---Good job picking that up!  I'd love to have one of those myself.  I have a 12" lathe, but it's tough to get to both sides of the disk at the same time on mine.   :)

So what did the old milling machine look like?

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I think the vertical mill sat outside for many years covered with a tarp, the bed was badly rusted, and I think that sadly it's only worth scrap, a shame that such a precision machine was left to rot :'( When I visited Moe at Cycle Garden he showed me his collection of old iron machines, really big machines, I don't have the room for anything big but if I did.....

ibis1:
I used one of those back in the late 70's early 80's. then traded it in on an Ammco unit.  :BEER:

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