Barker mill capabilites?

"Peter Grey" wrote in news:teYKd.1543$ snipped-for-privacy@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net:

I've used larger end mills, than 1/4", in them to mill flats in 303 stainless. Should also be able to face mill with it. Just keep the D.O.C. to a sane amount and take passes.

Dan

I just used mine to put a 3/8" deep, 3/8" wide slot in aluminum in a single pass using the lever feed on the x axis. I have a 1/3hp motor on mine and it slowed down a little, but basically just chewed through. This was using a staggered tooth milling cutter.

I added leadscrews to my y and z axis so I could position things exactly. I used it to do a whole bunch of gears as well, great for making gears with a CNC dividing head. Mine is the (PM?) that has the

30 taper head, I think it is probably better (heavier duty) than the one with the smaller collet head.

I think these machines are a bargain at the prices they go for used. If you can, try and find one that has the riser block, you will like the extra headroom.

If any>Hi all,

The Nichols Miller is bigger by some amount..but still not huge. Perhaps the size of the average small desk. I know some here have them, perhaps they can give you some dimensions?

Gunner

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I'm glad that you can measure the machine's footprint. Mine is too closed in by other things. To operate it, I have to take the engine hoist out through the garage door to gain full access. And I went through the manual and found no documentation on the size and work footprint.

He older version comes with a pair of pulleys which have four grooves -- two of each size for parallel belts -- and to get the other two speeds, you have to remove the pulleys and exchange them. For that, you need more room behind the machine.

At the first opportunity, I acquired a set of five-speed pulleys from a later version and machined up the necessary spindle adaptor to use them there. (The motor end was the right size, but the spindle on the newer versions is larger than on the older ones.) I documented that operation on one of the sub-pages of my web page about them.

But it is a very nice machine for many operations.

Enjoy, DoN.