It's been a while since I was on here, so hello to all again.
After a bit of a discussion last week, I picked up a Gorton 8D Superspeed milling machine for beer tokens ( about $US40.00, YMMV! ) on ebay, and collected it on Friday.
Looks like a nice little machine, we already have a Beaver VBRP turret mill but this one seemed lonely with no bids on it...:-))
Anyway, what we want to know is: has anyone here done a conversion on one of these from the Gorton taper mount up to R8 or Morse? I have been pointed in this direction by the guys on the 'gortonmill' Yahoo group, and Wells Index of Muskegon are apparently able to do the job for $US200.00 or so.
As we are in the UK, it might be easier to look for someone over here to do it, as they want the whole quill sending, not just the spindle, and it is quite a lump to send over by airmail!
Any thoughts/knowledge/info would be appreciated as always.
Peter
PS: The Beaver is Int40 and while I wouldn't mind going to Int30 the spindle hasn't got enough diameter to go that way.
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