I am looking at an old Burke belt driven vertical /horizontal milling machine. Can some one give me a lead where I can find more information about this machine. E-mail me at snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net.
Thanks,
Jeff T.
I am looking at an old Burke belt driven vertical /horizontal milling machine. Can some one give me a lead where I can find more information about this machine. E-mail me at snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net.
Thanks,
Jeff T.
I had one for a number of years. Liked the little bugger. Way small compared to a Bridgeport, but more than capable of doing decent work on smaller items, in any material, from plastics to stainless steel.
There is a Yahoo! list on them I believe, and a number of RCM ers own them. The original verticle head seems to be like gold, quite rare, though there have been other makers heads adapted, Rushnock, Diamond, even Bridgeport M heads.
A machine tool dealer in my area had 4 of them for sale, in quite good condition, for $400 obo each, a couple years ago. I believe I found enough hobbyists at that time, to buy out his stock...
Gunner
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Great machine. Love it. I just used it all last week to make some fancy brass pedestals for my ship models. I had the 6" Phase II rotary table on it -- which is really 6.75 and much too big for the machine. I bought the new, Phase II 4" table. Perfect size for this mill. Last week I got the Phase II tailstock, which really expands one's machining options. I also have a little Centec 2A horizontal/vertical mill. I use that almost always in the vertical mode. Also have the vertical attachment for the Burke, which I used before I got the Centec. Anyhow, I've had the Burke for over
20 years. It was my first mill, and I love it as much as I did when I first got it. Here are some points:Good luck Boris
B&S 9, is exceptionally easy to make. IRRC its a straight taper of .5" per foot. If you have a taper attachment on your lathe, or know somone whom has..they are a breeze to turn out a bunch. I have two machines that use this taper (I gave away the Burke to a retired friend) and while Ive scrounged a good collection of tooling (no, you cant have the 3/4" , Ive also made a lot more custome tools in a lathe.
Greer Machinery, in Huntington Beach California, has a complete setup, in the wooden box, of a #9 collet holder and complete set of collets, in excellent shape. Google search for his website and call him.
Gunner
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Thanks for the vote of confidence, Boris, but I'm not interested in making gibs for these mills.
OTOH, parts should be available from:
The D. C. Morrison Co. PO Box 12586 201 Johnson St Covington, KY 41012-0586 Covington KY 41011-1437 Bus: (888) 246-6365 Bus2: (859) 581-7511 Bus Fax: (859) 581-9642
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