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johnthomp
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hello out there can anyone help me with a serious dilema i have finally killed my converted pillar drill milling machine by dropping it while moveing workshops :'(its totaled and nothing exept the spindle bearings and the chuck are salvageable :-\ so ive decided to build my own useing a half horsepower reversible single phase motor i have had under the counter for years :and an x/y table i can ressurect from the ill do something with that someday cabinet ;D has anyone got any ideas or plans for any kind of headstock i can use for this devise as i have loads of I section gurders from my previous occupation as a builder and a fair few feet of 2 1/2" steel pipe lying around the place i found in the local scrap yard i have no choice but to build a new miller because ive been made unemployable due to a bad work accident and therefore i have no money so does anyone fancy egging me on while i undertake one hell of a scrapheap challenge