Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: 18 ft router

On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 11:58:49PM -0000, ballendo wrote:

> Doug,
>
> I'd sure try to keep the table... After all, a metalworking planer is
> already designed to travel the table in a flat plane. Why on earth
> would you want to loose this inherent and immediately available
> accuracy? (You can fasten a sacrificail table to the top.)
>
> You're saving bunches on structure, so you can put it into the likely
> larger motor/drive/screw/nut you'll need...
>
> BTW, there are probably more than a few of these metal planers around
> still. And I hadn't thought of it before; but they'd make for a GREAT
> bridge style router/mill! Thanks.
>
> Ballendo

I was at an auction where one of these with 2 Bridgeport J heads sold
for $100. The guy who bought it was going to sell the heads and scrap
the rest. Finding one and then moving it would be the problems.

Paul


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