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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2015 21:26:51 GMT
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Post by gwr14xx on Jun 3, 2015 6:57:28 GMT
Yes, Michael, 'Omniversal' sums it up perfectly. I was lucky enough to pick one up about 20 years ago for next to no money when a dealer was down-sizing. I haven't yet come across a job that it is not capable of doing. The great advantage is, that you can mill jobs that are longer than the table - the knee can be moved across the machine and the table moved across the knee, giving twice the normal travel. The biggest drawback is that the vertical head only has a 30 international taper with a camlock (arbors, autolocks, etc. are hard to find). Ended up drilling the vertical spindle to take a drawbolt.
Eddie.
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Post by Roger on Jun 3, 2015 8:20:21 GMT
A beautiful piece of kit indeed, but you can achieve all of the things that can do and more, simply by adding a CNC control to a conventional mill.
Still, it's a lovely thing to own if you can get your hands on one.
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Post by chris vine on Jun 3, 2015 9:00:39 GMT
Ah Roger!!
The thing you must remember is that in a few years' time, when windows/mac has moved on and you cannot run your software on a new machine or a style of stepper motor is no longer available, the internet is off (and the modern software won't function without a connection (we're all doomed etc), the old Brown and Sharpe machine will still do the job it was designed for...
I love the huge areas of the working faces, not to mention the hand scraping.
Chris.
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Post by gwr14xx on Jun 3, 2015 9:52:43 GMT
Yes, the only thing that will stop the Omniversal working correctly is the 'operators software', not the computer software - and at that stage, I'll be beyond worrying anyway!
Eddie.
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Post by deverett on Jun 3, 2015 9:57:57 GMT
Almost as good as my Thiel 158 !!
Dave
The Emerald Isle
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