Tom Senior M1 Milling Machine $2000 St Alberta, AB

[Jswain]

Tom Senior M1 Milling Machine | Other | St. Albert | Free local classifieds - Kijiji

I have a Tom Senior M1 Milling machine for sale. The coolant tank was recently cleaned, brand new leveling feet as well as an emergency stop button. The table is in amazing shape on this machine considering it’s almost 70 yrs old. The table is still tight considering it’s age, any interested...

www.kijiji.ca

St. Albert***

 

[djberta]

Wow that one is really cool.

 

[MashingMetal]

Very cool, looks to be a universal with swivelling table, similar in design to my Harrison but with a different overarm design.

 

[trevj]

Very cool, looks to be a universal with swivelling table, similar in design to my Harrison but with a different overarm design.

Huh? You must be looking at a different machine, because the one above has no swivelling table.

In the picture above, you can actually see both the X and Y axis dovetails. Same in the close-up in the advert showing the machine Number Plate, you get a real close view of all there is going on between the knee and the table, and none of it remotely looks like a swivel feature.

So, no, not a Universal...

 

[MashingMetal]

Huh? You must be looking at a different machine, because the one above has no swivelling table.

In the picture above, you can actually see both the X and Y axis dovetails. Same in the close-up in the advert showing the machine Number Plate, you get a real close view of all there is going on between the knee and the table, and none of it remotely looks like a swivel feature.

So, no, not a Universal...

Now I can zoom into the picture yes not a universal for sure. My machine has that feature.

 

[Lucky7]

I know they exist thanks to Tony’s site, but I’ve never seen a Tom Senior universal. Did the Major come with that as an option? Or just ELT?

 

[trevj]

I know they exist thanks to Tony’s site, but I’ve never seen a Tom Senior universal. Did the Major come with that as an option? Or just ELT?

I looked on the lathes.co.uk site and could not find a picture of the M1 with a Universal table, but IIRC, I saw a note that there were 'Universal' M1's. I suspect if they existed, they were not common at all.
Yeah, the only picture of a Universal table was on the Extra Long Table page.

 

[Lucky7]

I’ve got a Major that I snuck out of BC a few years back to replace an old worn slightly smaller Vernon. I like having a small horizontal in my home shop in addition to bigger mills. And a 30 taper is so much nicer than B&S 9.

Got to admit I was surprised when the Tom Senior arrived how little thought the maker put into lubrication. While not nearly as worn as my Vernon, the Major had quite a lot of wear on x axis. No idea about this machine’s previous history. Am making amends although not a full one shot as the full rescrape slowly proceeds.