Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Moore jig borer tooling

"David M. Munro" wrote:

> Jon writes:
>
> >Moore tooling does show up on eBay now and then. Work on a search string
> >until you are finding what you want without too much unwanted stuff,
> >then save it. Any time you click on that link, it reruns the search and
> >you get current results.
> >I've got a number of such search strings as I'm trying to build my
> >collection of NMTB30 holders.
>
> Thanks, Jon.
>
> It was in fact an eBay purchace that got me started on my Moore obsession.
> I bought a Moore Tool centering scope, planning to grind the fitting down
> to a straight shank. Well, everything about it was amazing, the quality of
> the tool, the optics, even the mahogany box it came in was first class. I
> couldn't bear to touch it, and in fact later bought a straight shank one
> for the mill.
>
> I've since bought tool holders, boring heads, the ultra-precise rotary
> table, and finally this week the jig borer got here. A picture of it in
> it's original home:
>
> http://www.arcadianclock.com/toy/moore.jpg
>
> Why buy such an obsolete piece of machinery? For less than the price of a
> beat Bridgeport, you get something with real "tenth" accuracy. You can't
> do any aggressive milling, but you sure know that your hole has a better
> than average chance of ending up perpendicular and in the right place.
>
> Not everything on eBay is a bargain. A couple of weeks ago the book
> "Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy" by Wayne Moore, which Moore Tool sells
> for $98.usd went on eBay for 230 and change.
>
> David M. Munro

Saw one of those go a auction for $400 a couple of years ago. 'Course that didn't include the collets. :-(

Dave

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