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Deckel FP1 2500$ loaded , Cornwall ON
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I'd be on that like white on rice, if it were in my area even little bit!
None too clean and tidy, but far more than makes up for it with the accessories.
Time spent cleaning will sort out most of the issues there, and the seller does not seem to be overcharging.
Not gonna be listed for very long, methinks, if it has not already gotten a couple guys having palpitations! LOL!
None too clean and tidy, but far more than makes up for it with the accessories.
Time spent cleaning will sort out most of the issues there, and the seller does not seem to be overcharging.
Not gonna be listed for very long, methinks, if it has not already gotten a couple guys having palpitations! LOL!
SightlessSeer
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I sent this to two different friends. Both of them replied immediately with "Damn I wish I had a garage"
Hate to be negative, but this mill says tread carefully to me. Early first generation machine. Might even be pre war. No motor on the cast iron plinth at the base. Why? Without, how do you plan to test the horizontal spindle? And the gear box. Where are the tables? Why is it using a high speed head reversed to act as horizontal overarm (with limited reach compared with actual overarm). The overarms on the ground- one is probably for the index head, but where are the other plates for same? Should have three. Is the other arm the horizontal mill overarm or…? The vertical head gear casting looks funny to me. Broken?
A guy would probably be ahead parting out this machine and whatever limited accessories at this price, but… careful.
On edit: it has a stick shift so is post war machine probably 1950’s. Looked up my literature at home- hard to tell still if high speed head is the mt4 version or the earlier odd ball 16mm collet version. If latter, no collets for it in pics and good luck finding. Very limited Deckel thread mt4 tooling seen in pics. I do recall someone saying making a new draw for standard mt4 tooling was possible, but a bit of a bodge as head casting made it a bit awkward to tap tooling out.
A guy would probably be ahead parting out this machine and whatever limited accessories at this price, but… careful.
On edit: it has a stick shift so is post war machine probably 1950’s. Looked up my literature at home- hard to tell still if high speed head is the mt4 version or the earlier odd ball 16mm collet version. If latter, no collets for it in pics and good luck finding. Very limited Deckel thread mt4 tooling seen in pics. I do recall someone saying making a new draw for standard mt4 tooling was possible, but a bit of a bodge as head casting made it a bit awkward to tap tooling out.
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hey I've seen this machine in person! I've met the seller before, cool guy. s/n puts the machine at 1940 production year (cursed!!!!!!). so, plain spindle bearings, MT4 taper, change gears for feed, 250mm on x (??).
fun useless fact I guess - you can actually remove the horiz spindle entirely in about 5 mins (on these plain bearing machines anyways) if you have the right tools. if the scraping looks good it's probably good?
otherwise you could just turn the machine over with the handwheel at the back.
was gonna go on and on about this and that... but looks like the ad's gone. so congrats to whoever bought it!
fun useless fact I guess - you can actually remove the horiz spindle entirely in about 5 mins (on these plain bearing machines anyways) if you have the right tools. if the scraping looks good it's probably good?
otherwise you could just turn the machine over with the handwheel at the back.
maybe yeah... but I think it would be a shame! any deckel machine is worthy of a full rebuild.
was gonna go on and on about this and that... but looks like the ad's gone. so congrats to whoever bought it!