Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
often the base of the turret milling machine will be used as a soluble oil tank.
Sometimes the milling machine base will be a fabricated steel structure.
SO WHAT SHOULD I BUY?
If you have the room, a turret milling machine such as a Bridgeport or the
smaller Warco or Chester 626 type milling machine will be ideal. If you can
only afford, or indeed only need, a small milling machine, a dovetailed column
milling machine will be the way to go. If finances are tight, a secondhand
round column milling machine will do the job but may involve more setting up.
THE A TO Z OF A MILLING MACHINE
A. The machine's two speed motor.
B. Forward reverse and two speed switch.
C. Variable speed control handwheel.
D. Belt drive housing.
E. Spindle down feed lever control.
F. Digital readout.
G. Low voltage machine light.
H. Spindle down feed control.
I. The spindle down stop.
J. Table handwheels.
K. Left-hand table feed stop.
L. Electrical switch for feed knockoff.
M. Machine table.
N.
Right-hand table feed stop.
O.
Feed units for table, cross slide and vertical feed.
R.
Main control panel for all of the electrics.
