I just bought a Kearney & Trecker 2D rotory head mill and a American laithe at a sale nere my house. I only paid 150 for the mill and 50 for the laithe:smokin: I also got a truck load of tooling. They both have some surface rust and are dirty but will clean up nicely they are both very tight and they run great.

Score!

nice score! the mill looks great, love those old curvy shapes. don't see that anymore.

I'll give you double your money, but you have to deliver and help set it up...

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great score man. Post up some pics after clean up and once you start making chips!

That has to be one rigid mill with all that beef there. As big as it is I would look into a cnc retro fit for X, Y axis.

I'll give you double your money, but you have to deliver and help set it up...

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great score man. Post up some pics after clean up and once you start making chips!

I'm only four hours away, I'll give $250 AND come get it!

Nice score, sadly, you paid about what they are bringing these days, there must be a bazillion of the old K/Ts out there still.

That has to be one rigid mill with all that beef there. As big as it is I would look into a cnc retro fit for X, Y axis.

No need for that I allready have a bridgeport full cnc mill.:D I bought this so I would have a manual machine to. I also have another laithe but not much tooling for it. That is why I bought this one is for all the tooling. I think I got like 5 or 6 four jaw chucks and 2 three jaws and a ton of other stuff I just havent had time to go threw all of it yet.

You make chips so big you can sell them as whole pieces of billet. :eek:

Good deal.. The mill is a bit of a specialty piece. The reason the head is so big is that in addition to normal milling operations, the whole spindle can rotate eccentric to the head.

Good deal.. The mill is a bit of a specialty piece. The reason the head is so big is that in addition to normal milling operations, the whole spindle can rotate eccentric to the head.

I've been trying to talk a friend of mine out of a K/T that was set up for tapping, the spindle can be fed into the workpiece at the same rate the table moves up. It's fascinating to watch.

What is the purpose of the eccentric head?

What is the purpose of the eccentric head?

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c239/OldCarGuy_1955/?action=view&current=DSCF2457.flv

It can be offset up to 4" radius. Weight of the machine is around 5,200 lbs.

thats cool!

That K&T would make a kick ass tube notcher if you could tilt the head like on a Bridgeport.

I forgot about mills with that capibility, nice find. Very useful feature.

Now for the $25.42 question - are those pictures of them in your shop or from where you bought them from? Have you moved them yet?

The bigger question is, will he be charged with theft after stealing them at those prices? :laughing:

Damn that's a nice score :eek:

Now make some chips and show us what nifty stuff you make with these new tools :D

http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c239/OldCarGuy_1955/?action=view&current=DSCF2457.flv

It can be offset up to 4" radius. Weight of the machine is around 5,200 lbs.

I've never seen that before, pretty cool capability for a manual machine.

Now for the $25.42 question - are those pictures of them in your shop or from where you bought them from? Have you moved them yet?

No not my shop. I got to move some stuff around to get them in the shop. I will post up pics when i get them moved.