Vertical Mill

FWIW I broke all the rules when I bought my mill... It couldn't be run, it didn't have power... I bought it sight unseen... I saw pictures, it looked dirty but solid & it was cheap.... As it turned out the guy I bought it from picked it up twenty years ago from a client who was going to jail.... It was ten years old at the time....

Newall DRO, powered feeds on all three axis, one shot lube system.... 8" Kurt vise with the swivel plate...


The guy I bought it from was an attorney, he got it with thoughts of a new hobby but when it was delivered he found out about three phase power & it never got used.. Just sat in his barn for twenty plus years....

I drove 600 miles round trip to get it & when I got it home I tore it apart to clean out all the old lube & get everything back in shape... Been using it for about 18 months now & collecting tooling...

Deals are out there, you just gotta look...

I'd like to learn more about cylinder head tooling options but currently I can't help much in the regard...

I can tell you ignore rotary phase convertors & get a VFD (variable frequency drive)