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Can I use this P&W 2A jig borer as a milling machine

Here's a jig borer
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I won it for $50 bucks.
Before I scrap this thing, I wanted to know if perhaps I can use it as
a milling machine, since it has a DRO. Thanks
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Ignoramus1742
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Watch out for the tooling -- it requires special P&W collets.
Like any classic jig borer, the spindle is great for accuracy but not so much for handling lateral loads. It's made for drilling and boring holes.
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Ed Huntress
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"This vee type of way system does not handle heavy side loading while moving like the box and dovetail."
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Jim Wilkins
Ignoramus1742 fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:
Well... of course you CAN use it as a mill, Ig. But it's DAMNED big, and DAMNED heavy. How much milling of the sorts of sizes and weights that thing will handle do you actually do?
I would think something more like a common BP mill would suit. You can always rip the DRO and scales off that unit before scrapping it.
Lloyd
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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh
Yes, I know, but it does come with collets and such.
So, what would happen if I start milling with it, collets will fall out or spindle would fail, or what>
Reply to
Ignoramus1742
I do not do any heavy milling, just for maintenance purposes or some such, the biggest would be a 3/4" end mill.
I always take DROs off...
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Reply to
Ignoramus1742
'Can't tell you specifically. Back when I was reporting on these things, the transition from jig borers to jig mills (like the DeVlieg) was a subject of a lot of discussion about spindle bearings and spindle diameters, spindle-bearing arrangements, and so on. The fact is that jig borer spindles are made for highly accurate drilling and boring, and just aren't designed to take much of a side load.
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