I bought a #12 Van Norman mill back in November 2002. It appeared to be in decent shape, but was encrusted in gunk and so I disassembled it for cleaning and new paint... Fourteen months later, I finally made some chips. It looks pretty good in its new paint and seems to be working well, except for the power feed. The "silent chain" drive doesn't work, as the chain is stretched out to the point where it doesn't fit the cogs. It seems that this is the case on many of these old mills. The silent chains are no longer available as far as I can tell, so I'll have to find another way to drive the table.
I have a 1" horizontal arbor for this machine, but I don't have any spacers for it. Does anyone have some that they could part with?
-Jeff Taylor