machine tool rebuild

[dan br]

i work at a machine tool rebuild shop.just thought id share our website...its pretty cool.we do some pretty large machines as long w/ some unique ones.check it out if you want below.two photos first a king mill that went thru a fire,second a cincinatti mill almost completed from the same fire.

machine tool rebuilders

 

[dan br]

sorry original link not working try this one
machine tool rebiulders

 

[scott#2]

Thats some mighty fine work, like your way grinder.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Great to see that these machines are being saved.. Over the last few years, I have seen some nice old iron get hauled to the scrap yard. Since we no longer have the capability to make big machines, I think we need to save all the old iron that can still be rebuilt. There will come a day that we will regret not saving and rebuilding many more of them.. They are vital to our national defense.

Several weeks ago, I was practically given a very nice, late-model Moore Jig Borer... It is like new, with a current model DRO, and from my tests, it still has "tenth" accuracy.. Several people laughed and said it is obsolete, but I can guarantee you I will make some $$ using it, and it is paid for...

 

[Bspauld]

I ran one like this for several years,They call them a mill but really they are a VTL, vertical turret lathe.The one i ran had a 8 ft table on it

 

[Spook]

Really inpressive. Around Detroit, the VTL's used to be called Bullards, regardless of maker. I remember running a little #2 Kearney & Trecker horizontal mill, about 35 years ago. I worked in 4 different tool & die shops, and they are all gone.

 

[slowfolk]

I think Bullard was a brand name but that's the name I aways refered them too.

 

[Cas]

The pictures are very interesting. Could you tell me how you polish turn tables and ways and
chucks on the lathes?

 

[Anonymous-0]

I loved your website! I'm a maintenance tech,and I cut my teeth working on old Cincinnati centerless grinders,and Jones and Lamson and Oloffson lathes. I work at a different plant now,but boy do I miss working on that stuff! Thanks!!