my new toy

[SteveF]

looking forward to collecting this

for scale that column is about 5" diameter
not so much excited about getting out of van and through the house and up 2 steps

think I am a bit mad as it is for just for drilling a few holes in wood
just can't resist old machinery

Steve

 

[wallace]

Mmm old iron, what bread is that

 

[SteveF]

Mmm old iron, what bread is that

that is an arboga maskiner (swedish)
never heard of them but looked fun
not quite up to the stuff you play with but I believe weighs 600lb (so scared)
Steve

 

[timber]

Mmm old iron, what bread is that

that is an arboga maskiner (swedish)
never heard of them but looked fun
not quite up to the stuff you play with but I believe weighs 600lb (so scared)
Steve

I have an older one in my metal working shed however it is a drill/ milling machine. A very useful bit of kit. 3 Morse taper and as a mill uses ER collets
Timber

 

[deema]

That look awesome a really multiprpurpose bit of kit. Milking and drilling, what a great find.

 

[MattRoberts]

I pity the cow that gets milked by that thing...

 

[graduate_owner]

I thought at first glance it might be a NuTool or a Power Devil.!!

K

 

[heimlaga]

Good luck with your new machine and take good care of it!

That's one of the best small drill presses ever manufactured. Mine is a standard floor standing drill press configuration called G2508. It has a two speed dahlander wired motor plus a four speed gearbox providing 8 speeds in total. The motor is three phase.

Parts are still available from Machineryscandinavia in Rosenfors in Sweden

 

[MusicMan]

I have a 2508 also. Lovely piece of kit, good as a milling machine, superb as a drill. Large throat capacity and orientation is maintained as you rack the head up and down. I'd love a motor drive for this, though!

It is so useful that the speed is changed just by levers, no fiddling about with belts.

I'd be interested to know how to fit ER collets on the mill side. Mine came with very good but very special collets, with a long low angle wedge that gives tremendous grip. But some are broken. I did track them down (can't remember the type now) but they were over £100 each.

M3 taper yes but does not have provision for a drawbar. You need to bang the taper in well, and be careful about cuts that tend to pull the tool out of the taper, e.g. large diameter drills in metal. In practice this has not been a bother, since one is normally apply downward pressure.

The only disadvantage in the design is that there is no central T slot in the table, just one on either side of centre. This make it a bit fiddly to add some accessories, e.g. rotary table that expects two inline mounting points.

It is heavy and awkward to manoeuvre for sure, and does not split down easily. Get help moving it up those steps.

 

[custard]

looking forward to collecting this

Likey, likey!

 

[SteveF]

I have a 2508 also. Lovely piece of kit, good as a milling machine, superb as a drill. Large throat capacity and orientation is maintained as you rack the head up and down. I'd love a motor drive for this, though!

It is so useful that the speed is changed just by levers, no fiddling about with belts.

I'd be interested to know how to fit ER collets on the mill side. Mine came with very good but very special collets, with a long low angle wedge that gives tremendous grip. But some are broken. I did track them down (can't remember the type now) but they were over £100 each.

M3 taper yes but does not have provision for a drawbar. You need to bang the taper in well, and be careful about cuts that tend to pull the tool out of the taper, e.g. large diameter drills in metal. In practice this has not been a bother, since one is normally apply downward pressure.

The only disadvantage in the design is that there is no central T slot in the table, just one on either side of centre. This make it a bit fiddly to add some accessories, e.g. rotary table that expects two inline mounting points.

It is heavy and awkward to manoeuvre for sure, and does not split down easily. Get help moving it up those steps.

mine is sadly missing the table, I knew this when I bought it
not decided what to do yet
mine will not see much in the way of metal drilling so I could just put the usual wooden table on with t tracks and a fence
or
get a cheap x y compound
or a lump of mild steel with a hole drilled in it
I have to come up with a plan to hold some work pieces down
and a way to fit a small vice for smaller stock
quite a few projects I do use forstner bits so clamping is vital
I will have quite a large area around it so I could just build a large bench around it
it has the benefit of the head going up or down so table is fixed

talking of forstner bits ....how do you get them centred on workpiece when you cant see the tip ?
do you use a small drill bit to align workpiece and then swap out, or do you use a laser crosshair?

Steve

 

[MusicMan]

A compound table is so useful for accurate drilling that I would try to get one.

Make sure you have good access to the handle to wind the head up and down, as it is quite heavy and you need to be positioned well. Mine isn't!

You can get align most accurately with a centre finder https://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/4pc ... -2253.html\

but for most purposes you can use a shaft coming to a point.

 

[SteveF]

well I got it home and all excited
I will keep going out to the van and looking how to get it out
I think I can lift the head but no way move the base
it has the milling collar but no collet holder
I am desperately searching for an x y table but i can only find chiwanese ones
Steve

 

[SteveF]

finally managed to get from van to workshop
that was quite a few hours in the planning and moving
even in 3 parts it was a mission
checked runout and is 0.03mm so happy with that (hammer)
I am sure nobody is interested really, but I have still got that childish grin on my face when you get a new toy
Steve