Di Palo Milling machine Manual

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

I have a DI Palo DP F2 milling machine, I would like a Manual, parts diagram, not having any luck finding one, fantastic machine
It would help if I could understand Italian
Any suggestions please ?

[renardiere7Participant @renardiere7]

Usinages.com  a forum not unlike this has a pretty good database of manuals for many machines.  I find that if I access it via Chrome it is automatically translated to English.  I had a quick look for you, Di Palo is mentioned but I can’t see any manuals/brochures etc.

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

Thank you for looking, I’m sure there will be something in Italy but it’s how I get hold of it, does anyone have any Italian model engineering friends ?

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

I’ve just looked up what you mentioned and I see it is in Italian, I will have to look into the translation 

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

[renardiere7Participant @renardiere7]

Wow Paul, what a lovely machine!  Looks very much like a Deckel clone. I just had a look on Google and see that the DFF series were Di Palo Torino’s own heavier development of their version of the FP1 which they cloned originally. Looks in great condition too.

This is what I found;

 

Yes, Di Palo (officially Di Palo Torino) in Italy absolutely produced a clone of Friedrich Deckel’s iconic universal toolroom milling machines.

lathes.co.uk
The primary model they focused on cloning was the legendary Deckel FP1.

lathes.co.uk
The Di Palo Clones
Di Palo DPR 101: This was their direct, highly faithful clone of the standard Deckel FP1. Italian machine registries and used-machinery listings explicitly describe the DPR 101 as a small-scale toolroom mill (fresa da attrezzisti) built specifically on the “tipo Deckel FP1” design. It shared the FP1’s signature layout: a slender main column, a horizontal spindle that adjusted fore and aft on a top ram, and a vertical T-slotted master table designed to host various interchangeable tables (fixed, tilting, or rotary) and specialized heads (vertical, high-speed, or slotting).

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Later/Larger Iterations (The DFF Series): While Di Palo started out by strictly mimicking the compact footprint and Morse Taper 4 styling of the early FP1, they didn’t stop there. As the market demanded heavier metal-removal capabilities, Di Palo developed larger, scaled-up evolutions like the Di Palo DFF.2. These machines retained the core universal design philosophies pioneered by Deckel but were heavily modified to be much bigger, bulkier, and heavier than the original German counterparts.

lathes.co.uk

The Deckel “concept” was so structurally superior for tool-and-die makers that Di Palo was part of an elite club of Italian manufacturers (including C.B. Ferrari with their M1R/M2R and Bandini) who built their businesses by replicating or adapting Friedrich Deckel’s flawless geometry.

lathes.co.uk

 

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

Thank you for all that information
It has an hydraulic clutch so I was able to put a 3HP single phase motor on it, I’ve had it about 6 years, there has been photos of it on this site in the past when it was for sale.
I would really like a parts diagram of the inside but no luck yet

[PeteParticipant @pete41194]

You might try a post in this forum. https://www.practicalmachinist.com/forum/categories/deckel-maho-aciera-abene-mills.14/ If any have what your looking for that might be the easiest.

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

Thank you Pete
I will give it a try

[PeteParticipant @pete41194]

Dipolo isn’t a brand I recall seeing on that Practical Machinist sub forum before Paul, but that doesn’t mean much. There’s members and a few machine tool dealers based in Europe on that forum so you might get lucky? Google does pull up a few North American businesses who seem to list the brand which may not be much help. But it also mentions that manuals are difficult to find. Your mill appears to be in great condition though and was a lucky find. Even more so if original Deckel accessories such as the tee slotted tables, dividing and rotary tables would fit.

 

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

It did come with two pallets of original accessories, an angled adjustable table, horizontal head with four arbours, dividing head and indexing head

[PeteParticipant @pete41194]

Then that was an extremely lucky find Paul. I’m suitably envious. ☺

[Paul ScholeyParticipant @paulscholey17560]

Thank you

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