Hi All,
I'm new to the forum. I'm a hobbyist and I enjoy working on old equipment and machinery and in general makin stuff. I've wanted a mill for years but never made it happen...but I stumbled on an opportunity to pick up a Van Norman no 16, the price was decent so I went for it. Glad I did. Been wanting a Van Norman. I think it's in decent shape. It's missing the Overarm support, had no tooling, so I've been hunting for collets, and agonizing over the Hardinge 5v prices. I cleaned it up a bit, the Y axis was pretty tight, and put new fluids in...will wire it up today and try to make some chips, need to mill a spindle key for it.
I'm new to the forum. I'm a hobbyist and I enjoy working on old equipment and machinery and in general makin stuff. I've wanted a mill for years but never made it happen...but I stumbled on an opportunity to pick up a Van Norman no 16, the price was decent so I went for it. Glad I did. Been wanting a Van Norman. I think it's in decent shape. It's missing the Overarm support, had no tooling, so I've been hunting for collets, and agonizing over the Hardinge 5v prices. I cleaned it up a bit, the Y axis was pretty tight, and put new fluids in...will wire it up today and try to make some chips, need to mill a spindle key for it.
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