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Deckel jig grinder, whatever that is. Vancouver (Delta) BC, offers.

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I stummbled into this Deckel Jig Grinding machine. It comes with 2 grinding heads 15k to 30k rpm and 30k to 60k rpm. Has some misc collets etc. Complete machine with a sepreate boring head. One of...
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Seems like something that could be in the hen's tooth category for someone doing precision work of a very particular kind (which I am not). I met the seller about a year ago when he was selling the old Hendey lathe that generated a lot of discussion here at the time. He showed me a very clean 10EE he had also picked up, so my impression is he has a knack for this. For anyone who might be able to use it, he seemed like a good, straight-up chap to work with.

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Used for grinding the details in to various tools and dies, mostly on hardened material that is otherwise difficult to machine.
 
johnnielsen said:
I'm going out there at the end of May to see what it can do besides jig grinder functions.
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I'm not positive, but am reasonably sure that they are built different enough that they cannot readily be used as a mill, at least not in the manner that, say, a FP-1 or -2 can be readily switched between heads for different needs.

Could do worse than to ask over on the practicalmachinist Deckel sub-forum. Lots of specific knowledge there.
 
We had 4 of these at the die shop . They can be used as mills . Somewhat dated due to CNC's but you can split a knat's ass 4 fold with their linear scales . When our place shut down ( 1986 ) , all our Deckels went to NASA . Very good fine precision machine , not a hogger . Last job I did on one was for credit card dies with .0002 tolerances . I can remember having to write down every move made on these things as they were so accurate .
 
mmcmdl said:
We had 4 of these at the die shop . They can be used as mills . Somewhat dated due to CNC's but you can split a knat's ass 4 fold with their linear scales . When our place shut down ( 1986 ) , all our Deckels went to NASA . Very good fine precision machine , not a hogger . Last job I did on one was for credit card dies with .0002 tolerances . I can remember having to write down every move made on these things as they were so accurate .
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IIRC, I have read that the Jig Grinders used a much finer lead screw in order to fit the levels of accuracy that they were expected to work to. Tenths of a thousandth is normal, rather than thousandths.

Might make a good fit for someone looking for a mill to make fine detailed, small parts, on.

One thing I note in the picture, is that the chuck on the head seems to be missing parts. A dovetail slide with only half the dovetail, from the picture. Maybe it shows in other pics.
 
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