Milltronics CNC Milling Machine. 4 axis, tool Changer. Trenton Ontario area.

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I can't, for the life of me, get a screenshot to work for me right now.

This is probably not a garage machine. But if you have the space, and you can deal with the logistics, it could be a killer deal.
The "Faults that are listed as the reasons to be rid of it, are easy to deal with.
The control is based on DOS, and you can plug a 25 pin monitor in to replace the one that comes from the factory. We used a 17 inch Philips monitor on the one at work, got full color, instead of a monochrome CRT, at the cost of the Function keys no longer lined up with their position across the bottom of the screen. Good trade. The oil line is a simple fix, and the noisy Z Axis is liable to be a loose thrust bearing...In my best estimation. Worst case, it needs a new ball screw. Not super cheap, but pretty available, for good ones.
This machine was listed last week with a $1000 minimum bid, and did not get even that. Were it closer to me, I would have bid, just to gut the controller out of it, and to get the 4th axis.

Milltronics is very easy going, as far as support, and they were willing to send a great deal of information along to help me learn to run the older model that I did, in my last job.

 

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[trevj]

Thanks for posting the picture Craig!

I will note also, the data plate on this says it will run flat out, on a 50A 220v 3ph circuit, if, just barely. If you watch the speeds and feeds, you can keep it well away from those current draws.

In a world full of cheap bench top mills, as well as Industrial equipment that runs 550V, this offers a LOT of capability for the money!

Disclosure, I own a Milltronics Partner 4, with a Centurion V controller, a sister machine to the one I ran at my last work. (like, one serial number different). I did a LOT of repairs to it, under the radar, so to speak, so as to avoid the problem of my bosses thinking "It's Not OUR Problem!", which would have left us without capability.

I think they chose some pretty decent offshore iron, and installed some pretty solid controls on these machines. I freely admit bias. I ran the machine at work, and made it sing and dance to my tune, and it kept up!