SENIOR Mill for someone?

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

Hi All,

Just got back from picking up some auction lots and noticed that there were two nice machine tool lots, one unsold.

First was a nice Myford ML7 partially restored with ALL parts and lots of tooling which made £320 (+20% commission)

The second lot was this Senior Milling Machine as shown.

Again, partially restored and absent the horizontal arm.

When I talked to the auctioneer he is looking for £350 +comm.

I think that it got bid £300 and not sold.

I have no idea if this is good value but I post it here in case it is of use to someone. It is not going anywhere over the weekend and I will be happy to provide the auctioneers details.

I would have bought the Myford like a shot but was threatened with beheading with a blunt axe by The War Office who was with me!

Cheers, Martin

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

It would be a great buy for somebody, it has the name Centec on it so probably not Senior.

[HillclimberParticipant @hillclimber]

Can I ask politely about which auction house this is? That's a Centec 2A with a mk3 vertical head, unless I am mistaken?

And the word 'steal' comes to mind…

Cheers, Colin

[derek hall 1Participant @derekhall1]

Wow that is a bargin, for both machines. I would bought the mill!

I am also interested in which auction house this equipment was listed…..

Regards

Derek

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

The vertical head for the Centec would likely be rather more, at auction on Epay. They are not so common and are much sought after.

[David-Clark 1Participant @david-clark1]

The Center is a lovely machine for light work. The one O used tended to run very warm but we were running it for 10 hours a day.

The spindle tapers are 2 morse and it has the horizontal overarm and original belt guard. Not sure about arbor support.

well worth £1,00 +.

[Dave WoottonParticipant @davewootton]

Looks like it could be a proper swivelling Boxford shaper vice on the table, these are very rare and were only supplied on the machines with a swivelling table. I put one on ebay a few years ago and the bidding went mad, went for almost the price of this mill!

[David-Clark 1Participant @david-clark1]

Sell the vice, get the mill for free.

[RannsachairParticipant @rannsachair]

Absolute bargain, looks like it is a Centec 2b with mk3 vertical head. I have the same head on my 2A:

Funny enough I also have a Tom Senior, similar but different:

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Posted by Rannsachair on 07/05/2022 08:38:46:

Absolute bargain, looks like it is a Centec 2b with mk3 vertical head. I have the same head on my 2A:

 

Looks like it is a 2B (with the vertical hand-wheel swivelled round by 90 degrees and no holding bolts fitted).

The Horizontal arm lies behind the mill, on the floor. There could very well be a horizontal arbor in that box, adjacent to the motor.

I would say well worth a grand, if in good condition – and it certainly looks to be in good condition.

Edited By not done it yet on 07/05/2022 11:21:40

[Richard MillingtonParticipant @richardmillington63972]

Looks work in progress project, table doesn't look long enough for a 2B, motor mount's fabricated, belt drive isn't using gearbox, column, knee and saddle 2B

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