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My only experience with a 3 way, it was actually 4 way, machine was back in the 1985-95 I was working as an engineer on board a large crude oil tanker and we had a 4 way machine in the engine room workshop.
It was a good size, I don't recall the exact dimensions, but the lathe was about 14" swing x 30"- 36" bed It was good quality, would have suited a toolroom any day.
The milling machine was not mounted above the lathe bed as most of the smaller hobby machines are, but was mounted at the extreme outboard end of the headstock. It was both a vertical and horizontal spindle with a good size table about 36" long and 12" wide.
The knee action table could be wound right down and expose a shaper head coming out from underneath the headstock. The shaper used the milling table, so it was all very robust, The only downside was that it only had one motor and main gearbox so we could really only use one function at a time.
We did do some pretty good work on it over the years. I don't recall the makers brand, but quite possibly Mitsubishi, as the ship, and just about everything in it was built by Mitsubishi.
It was a good size, I don't recall the exact dimensions, but the lathe was about 14" swing x 30"- 36" bed It was good quality, would have suited a toolroom any day.
The milling machine was not mounted above the lathe bed as most of the smaller hobby machines are, but was mounted at the extreme outboard end of the headstock. It was both a vertical and horizontal spindle with a good size table about 36" long and 12" wide.
The knee action table could be wound right down and expose a shaper head coming out from underneath the headstock. The shaper used the milling table, so it was all very robust, The only downside was that it only had one motor and main gearbox so we could really only use one function at a time.
We did do some pretty good work on it over the years. I don't recall the makers brand, but quite possibly Mitsubishi, as the ship, and just about everything in it was built by Mitsubishi.