Best Milling Machine Ever????

[Raymond AndersonParticipant @raymondanderson34407]

Hermle. or if you want super size as in… Gigantic then Waldrich Siegen.

[Erik Werner HansenParticipant @erikwernerhansen82920]

The one I have, of course . Deckel FP2 1966 vintage.

500mm x-axis, 200mm + 200mm y-axis with 200mm or 300mm more in sliding head, 400mm z.axis.

Hmm, it might be possible to slide the fixed table and get even more in x.

At least, username AlfaGTA (very knowable) of Practical Machinist say it's the best manual mill….

Cheers

Erik

Edited By Erik Werner Hansen on 28/03/2020 21:03:05

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

They had to dig a big hole to get this one in our tool room, variable speed DC drive on each axis and a 40hp rapid travel on each axis, 100hp Variable speed DC motor on the spindle. It could machine a 10ft x12ft x 16ft block

Mike

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

I inherited an Aciera F1 from my Dad. He got it from the company he worked from when they shut down the labs, had been used making electron microscope parts. Only trouble was the feed screws were very worn. Lovely machine, originally designed for the Swiss watch industry, but too small for model engineering really. I sold it to a collector and bought a Myford VMB with the proceeds. Not the best but does the job for me.

[Machine-DROParticipant @machine-dro]

Posted by Johnboy25 on 23/02/2020 17:38:01:

I bought what I considered the best – a Bridgeport BR2J2 Series 1 👍

Second that, with an M-DRO system on it of course

Hope everyone is safe and well!

Regards

Alan Ward

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