Civil Engineering Reference
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Fig. 1.4. This Warco WM 16 milling machine, seen here on its purpose-made stand,
is often found in the home workshop.
CHOOSING A MILL
Size
The first thing to decide is: what is the largest piece of work you will be milling
on the machine, and what is the largest diameter you will want to hold in the
dividing head.
It may be that the longest and widest item you will want to hold is a pair
of locomotive mainframes. Perhaps the largest diameter is a traction engine
rear wheel for drilling for the spokes and strakes and so on. The locomotive
frames can be moved along the table so the table length and movement is
not too critical. They can also be rotated 180 degrees to access the far side
of the frame plates.
