A couple of years ago, I ran across a deal on a Deckel FP1 mill with a variety of accessories that was too good to pass up. I was living in an apartment with no garage at the time, so I stored everything in my parents' garage. I finally bought a house with a two-car garage and moved all my equipment in, so I figured I'd post some details and pictures.
The mill is dirty and has been poorly repainted in the past, but otherwise is in excellent condition. It came with the following accessories for a total of $5k:
The Deckel FP1 was supplied with a 3-phase, 220V, 2-speed motor. I'm working on replacing the original controls with a VFD.
The machinist who previously owed this equipment was not the type of machinist who kept his shop sparking clean, so the mill and the lathe are completely coated in a combination of oil, chips, and mystery grease/tar/rust. There were also several mice living in the shop, so a few of the accessories show signs of mouse urine. I'll be spending the next few months cleaning and possibly repainting.
Finally, the lathe has a few issues that need to be repaired. The carriage handwheel and both QCGB levers are broken, this lathe is similar enough to the Grizzly G4003 and G0709 to adapt parts that Grizzly still carries for those lathes. There's also a couple of damaged gears in the QCGB, so I'll have to remake those. The compound is quite rusty, so it will be taking a bath in Evaporust. Otherwise the lathe seems to be in very good condition - no visible wear on any of the ways.
The mill is dirty and has been poorly repainted in the past, but otherwise is in excellent condition. It came with the following accessories for a total of $5k:
- Horizontal overarm with selection of arbors
- Vertical Spindle Head FVV
- High Speed Vertical Spindle Head FVVS (1900 - 6000 RPM)
- Slotting Head FVS
- Spiral Milling Attachment FVSP
- Dividing Attachment FVT
- 12" Rotary Table (not the original Deckel rotary table, unfortunately)
- Swiveling Angular Table FVW
- Fixed Angular Table FVH
- A box of tooling, collets, etc - including a vertical milling slide from an Atlas lathe for some reason.
- Documentation, including two copies of the manual and the original bill of sale, slightly mouse-eaten.
- I was offered the original Deckel accessory cabinet, but it was extremely heavy and I was already pushing the capacity of my trailer, so I did not take it.
- A (probably Taiwanese) 1440 lathe, "Accura" branded, with a couple of issues.
The Deckel FP1 was supplied with a 3-phase, 220V, 2-speed motor. I'm working on replacing the original controls with a VFD.
The machinist who previously owed this equipment was not the type of machinist who kept his shop sparking clean, so the mill and the lathe are completely coated in a combination of oil, chips, and mystery grease/tar/rust. There were also several mice living in the shop, so a few of the accessories show signs of mouse urine. I'll be spending the next few months cleaning and possibly repainting.
Finally, the lathe has a few issues that need to be repaired. The carriage handwheel and both QCGB levers are broken, this lathe is similar enough to the Grizzly G4003 and G0709 to adapt parts that Grizzly still carries for those lathes. There's also a couple of damaged gears in the QCGB, so I'll have to remake those. The compound is quite rusty, so it will be taking a bath in Evaporust. Otherwise the lathe seems to be in very good condition - no visible wear on any of the ways.
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I don't really have any immediate use for the spiral attachment, but I'm definitely going to set it up and cut some spirals just for fun.
