A right Herbert

[MrFluffy]

with a drawbar exactly. can't come loose with a drawbar. i suppose a jacobs taper could come loose just the same but at least just the chuck drops off. and by putting a jt on the spindle it limits the size of the chuck

My dp has a female morse quill with a jt arbor fitted into it for smaller drill bits.
The reason the mill has a drawbar is because the jt or whatever taper would work loose with side cutting forces, whereas in a dp, the force is always pushing the taper connection together. I cant think of a single real milling machine or jig borer not out of china that has a JT spindle...

Pete my (now ex) meddings had a solid quill with a external jt on it. It didn't exactly run true though. Which is why its now my boring bar table and I have a new brown progress after I ventured too near homeandworkshop with some plastic one day

 

[Pete.]

Pete my (now ex) meddings had a solid quill with a external jt on it. It didn't exactly run true though. Which is why its now my boring bar table and I have a new brown progress after I ventured too near homeandworkshop with some plastic one day

Whoops, I had a similar accident last week after someone spotted a 10EE on eBay

 

[graffian]

Whoops, I had a similar accident last week after someone spotted a 10EE on eBay

Just had a look at the pics. Got to give myself a good kicking
for not watching a bit closer;-(
You even have the taper turning attachment.

There are mills and jig borers with morse spindles.

 

[atconut]

I've got a bit more done. It's not far off done really. I've just got the guard to paint but that is going to need quite a bit of time filling and rubbing down. i need to spend a bit of time on it to make it look right. It's so cold i might leave it until it gets a bit warmer . The electrics are still to do yet. I've fitted a new chuck and I've put a plug on the cable straight to the motor to adjust the pulley height and to test and set it up. It runs lovely, nice and smooth and realy quiet. I need a nice little vice

 

[stormin]

Looking great.

Is that motor mounting plate original though? Can't help feeling it looks like a later mod. All the rest of the machine has rounded edges to every corner then there's sharp edges on the motor mount plate. Just doesnt look right.

 

[brightspark]

try and get a good second hand nippy vice

 

[atconut]

Looked at s few nippy s they fetch crazy money. Some have more holes in them than a teabag. Yes you're right the motor mount is a later addition probably when it was converted to single phase

 

[dickie bell]

that looks fantastic

 

[atconut]

Cheers matey pleased you like it i'll post a pic when it's finnished

 

[atconut]

Looking great.

Is that motor mounting plate original though? Can't help feeling it looks like a later mod. All the rest of the machine has rounded edges to every corner then there's sharp edges on the motor mount plate. Just doesnt look right.

I've lookeed at loads of pics trying to see what the original motor mount looked like. I think the three phase motor was flange mounted with the mounting mostly hidden under the guard. It's really hard to find pictures of one. there are no details or information on Herbert machines strange really as Herbert was at one time the worlds largest machine manufacturer