Vertical mill (Index 645) - Information needed

[bjinatj]

I thought you guys might be the only ones that may be able to give me any of the information that I need. Thank you in advance for any responses!

BTW: I am new to any kind of machining and just learning so I apologize for any incorrect information.

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I just purchased a vertical mill and horizontal from a friend. The mill belonged to his grandfather who passed away.

The vertical mill is an index 645, the odd thing is it looks like it may have a completely different motor, spindle, heck the complete head. The head has a tag labeled as follows

- "Rusnok Tool Works Chicago Illinois"
- Model # "ST" or "S-T" I cannot really tell
- Serial number is "T#179"

My question is what kind of spindle would this mill have? I am wondering what kind of tooling I can use with this mill..

I am uploading pictures of the mill to http://www.skywasyellow.com/vertical

I have uploaded the pictures without shrinking them, if you would like a smaller picture you can simply download to your desktop and view them in your own picture viewer.

Once again thank you in advance for any responses!

-Ronnie

[jeep534]

Ronnie try here. Failing that try the Practical machinist forums



Rick Robison
Wells-Index Division
A & D Machinery Company
701 West Clay Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49440
wellsindex@aol.com
Ph 231-759-0950
Fx 231-728-7456
Wells-Index website http;//www.wellsindex.com/


Happy Huning
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P.S. I have a wells index 847

[smed-01]

I have inherited an Index 645 and am also looking for a parts manual on some info. Mine has a small collet that holds the bits and I would like to use R8 so I dont have to buy more tooling. Does any one know if this is possible?