Guessing games...

[V. Lehtonen]

Hello! I'm not quite sure if this is the correct place to post this, so my apologies for that, but I'm looking for any data about the milling machine I got just yesterday . So far I've found out that it's made in CCCP (Soviet Union) (or the power socket is made there, the mark is there ) but the rest is still quite the mystery. The former owner used it as a goldsmith's machine tool, but the company went under a long time ago.

Any info will be appreciated greatly.

I'm planning on modding this little devil to work as a universal milling machine with possible CNC control, thing is heavy/sturdy enough to work in that field.

 

[james_III]

Possibly Indian made jewelry mill, if Russian there is usually Cyrillic letters somewhere and import stickers like Machinery OY or something similar from other Finnish import company

Scroll down for other candidates, but looks really similar
http://www.tradeindia.com/fp1272403/Horizontal-Mini-Milling-Machine.html
This might be really good find.

 

[james_III]

Scary tool
http://youtu.be/G2GynwWtwMM
http://youtu.be/lh0Kl1--WaQ

 

[V. Lehtonen]

Wow! So that's how it was used... explains all the air hoses & connectors.
There seems to have been a plate (nameplate maybe) in front of the machine, but it has disappeared somewhere.... there is another company name on the side, I need to check that one out. And on the horizontal head there are texts ( BREVETTO = Patent ) which seem to be Italian, this is getting interesting.

 

[Henry]

It is used to bright cut lines with a diamond cutting tool... very high velocity. It is possible to do it by hand too.
The cuts look very bright and with a little diamond set in the middle of the different "start" cuts, it looks like a bigger one. Used in "cheap" jewelry.

 

[imagineering]

I wonder about the attrition rate of Fingers?

 

[mcostello]

Makes a person wonder what the setup time is.

 

[Chiptosser]

It looks Italian or Spanish to me.

 

[Chiptosser]

What is on the Id. tag on the motor and on the control pendant?

 

[V. Lehtonen]

Time flies while cleaning my hobbyshop, so nothing really "new" with the machine.

The tags on the motors only have power & system info, at least what I've looked in so far. The tag on the control pendant was an interesting one; it was a name of a workshop which closed in 2004 (it was working from 1943 to 2004, pretty good), but sadly the business information system didn't give more info.

Hopefully I get the electricity working soon in my hobbyshop, then I start the interesting part of stripping the mill apart & then I might be able to find more info about the thingy. After that the "project mini mill" will commence . So far the starting "blank" looks very good.

Here's some photos of the hobbyshop's messy walls after my "wall decorating"

 

[Herbiev]

Looking great so far.

 

[V. Lehtonen]

A small update on the machine.... & I finally got power to the hobbyshop . I've taken the mill apart & now starts the most time consuming process of cleaning everything. There's corrosion on the ways, that's a little annoying, but the lead screws seem to be in a good condition, which is a big plus.

 

[10K Pete]

That looks pretty good! Nothing fatal has shown up it looks like.

Pete

 

[V. Lehtonen]

Yeah, it's surprisingly well built & maintained. All the crucial parts are replaceable. The only thing I'm worried about is that the frame itself is hollowed cast iron, which may case some issues with chatter in the future.

Ville

 

[V. Lehtonen]

More small updates; the frame has been mostly repainted, the colour scheme is white & black. The motors may need to be changed (they're old & in bad condition) but spindles are in good shape. A little bit more cleaning & then I can start rebuilding the thingy.