Interesting Big square column mill

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

BobWarfield, I see you made it back home. Still interested in the bed mills? Did you ever approach any vendors on "CNC ready" machines?

[BobWarfield]

Richard, its on my back burner. I love those mills, and was thinking just this morning to shelve any thoughts of a knee mill in favor of one. However, I need to finish CNC converting the machines I have--a lathe and 2 IH mills. I have also decided I need a bigger lathe for certain projects, so that will be the first "big" machine I pick up.

I have my eye on Mori Seikis and their clones. They seem to combine some of the best attributes of precision ala Monarch/Hardinge with a lot more capacity.

A big bed mill will follow all that, but at my pace, it'll be a year or two out!

Best,

BW

[davo727]

This is a cool thread about bed mill machines that weigh 2500 pounds. Its been bounced through all the forums and now its in the bench top mini mill forum. How about if the (Knee Mill forum) goes back to being the (Vertical Mill )forum and stuff like this fit in there just great. Thanks, Dave

[RICHARD ZASTROW]

How about "Bed Mill" or "Vertical Bed Mill" ? These aren't really bench mills though some could be if the bench is REALLY BUILT. I made that mistake earlier and stand corrected.