Reply To: Finally got the milling machine home.

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Well big it is not really. The whole thing weighs 370kg. The guy in Barnsley that I bought it from has just bought a Bridgeport to replace this one. It was adjacent in the garage.

The Bridgeport was like the big Daddy bear & this one was baby bear. Really. It is a bit bigger than some of the small Chinese mills for sale admitted. Maybe on a par with a Sieg SX4. Just not as modern.

I was recommended it by quite a few members on here after I was, just about refused to be allowed to buy a Sieg something SX3.5 twin turbo. When I went to see it I was pretty much blown away.

A bit like a time machine. As it looked brand new, I could only assume it's previous owners had taken pride in ownership. Expensive. No I do not think it was silly money at £1500. Beautifully made machine, as a few members had already told me about them. Strange that I had never even heard of a Tom Senior & they were made just a stones throw from me. I think the company went bust around 1980. Having traded since the early pre war days. At a place known as the Atlas works in Liversidge near Halifax. Yorkshire. It has the full M-DRO 3 axis. Also it has an expensive Toshiba inverter & 3 phase motor. The DRO kit alone is £540 . The Toshiba inverter is around the £400 mark. So basically got the machine for peanuts. I am looking forward to using it . I need to build the wall in the garage now it is in place. Took some lifting but worth it.

Steve.