Milling/Drilling Machine ZX40

[KeeponDragon]

$3,000 Penticton BC
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[JustaDB]

What's the difference between a -30 and a -40?

 

[DavidR8]

@JustaDB A 30 is belt drive with a non-tilting head whereas a 40 is gear driven and the head tilts.

 

[Susquatch]

@JustaDB A 30 is belt drive with a non-tilting head whereas a 40 is gear driven and the head tilts.

Hey David. When you say the head tilts, do you mean nod or side to side?

 

[DavidR8]

Hey David. When you say the head tilts, do you mean nod or side to side?

Side to side

 

[Susquatch]

Side to side

Thanks, just looking to understand what my mill/drill is a clone of. I'm prolly gunna sell it in the next couple of years and will need to call it something.

 

[DavidR8]

Thanks, just looking to understand what my mill/drill is a clone of. I'm prolly gunna sell it in the next couple of years and will need to call it something.

Do you have a pic?

 

[YYCHM]

Do you have a pic?

My old mill drill needs some work

Back when I was looking for a good knee mill, I posted a few things about my old mill drill. It's a bench top round post model with no real z axis other than the quill. The head can be cranked up and down a fair bit to gain working space but totally loses x&y in the process so fairly useless...

canadianhobbymetalworkers.com

 

[Susquatch]

Do you have a pic?

Prolly some on the forum. Lemme look and I'll add a link.

I came back to add a link and there is one already here by @YYCHM !

Im tellin ya, the guy is a living time vault of info.

His link would have been mine.

I've used the machine exactly twice since I got my Hartford Clone working. And that was only to avoid setting up a part twice.

So it's taking up space and needs to find a new home.

 

[DavidR8]

I've honestly never seen a machine like that. Neither an RF30 nor an RF40.

 

[Susquatch]

I've honestly never seen a machine like that. Neither an RF30 nor an RF40.

Ya, it's a hybrid in many many ways. If you read the whole thread at the link @YYCHM provided, the mystery just gets deeper.

It's a lot bigger machine than it looks too. But it also has significant issues. If I had decided to live with it, I'd have installed a DRO and run it till it quit - which is probably a good 20 years more than I'll live.

 

[johnnielsen]

What's the difference between a -30 and a -40?

-10

 

[JustaDB]

-10

Pffft...