Mysterious milling machine accessory

It's a milling arbor.

iggy,

Ign Ignoramus24818 wrote:

Horizontal mill spindle.

Thanks to all three who replied so far, I finally have a "mental picture" of how they are used.

If you don't know what they are, its a good bet you don't need them. If they are ISO #40 taper and less than 12" long and have a 1" and/or 1.250" diameter, I could use them. How much do you want? Steve

It's a pen. People used to use it to compose text with. Good idea to throw in a couple of horizontal milling arbors so we can instantly spot the scale on this nearly obsolete item .. :-)

GWE

All the rest are wrong...

It's a carpet

Seriously, they can also be useful for holding Brown&Sharpe type gear cutters even if you don't intend to do any "proper" horizontal milling.

Mark Rand

Yes..its a multipurpose device called a ball point pen.

The other two things are horizontal milling machine arbors as anyone knows.

Gunner

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Not a spindle.

Gunner

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Yep! Not a spindle.

Others have explained what it is. Here is a picture of one mounted in a machine:

Hi Steve,

I usually offer things on Rec.Crafts.Metalworking for less than they sell on ebay, which is fine with me. The one that was pictured has a

I have a arbor with 1.25" shaft, but that one has a Cat50 taper and is considerably longer (couple of feet).

I have five of these milling arbors, all different. All longer than a foot. In this picture, you can see them all, the one you saw originally is on the right.

ROTFLMAO

Looks very ugly:) I am sure that you are 100% right, and besides, I have two more parts from those machines.

See

That is the support for a long boring bar. I think it's just called that but I've heard it reffered to as an align boring attatchment or just plain line bore. Makes for nice straight holes.

Looks like an Arbor.

And it runs in the direction the head drives it.

Martin

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Steve Lusardi wrote:

The photo has these upside down, but working with it the way it is shown-----The one on the right is the arbor support and bearing. The one on the left is the OUTBOARD arbor support and bearing, and the two studs and nuts you see on it are used to fasten it to the outboard support frame, shown in the ebay shot, which is used when the cut is heavy or the overarms (the two round shafts these bearing support fit on) are at full extension. The pair of long vertical slots allow setting the table height, then clamp the bearing support in place.

Thanks Brian. If you want a few spacers for these suckers, let me know, postage will be on me.

Right, the arbor that mates to the spindle.