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"Precise" Milling Machine Model 1 - Page 2

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Precise Drill Press

Detailed Precise Catalogues are Available

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Intended for the drilling f holes from 0.014" to 0.25" the Precise high-speed drill presses had a sensitive rack-and-pinion feed with adjustable stops built into the elevating 4-inch diameter table (the drill head was adjusted to the correct position on the column and then clamped to it). Using an electronic control unit, speeds could be varied between 10,000 and 45,000 r.p.m. The maximum clearance between table and chuck was 6" and the maximum table lift 1.5". During the 1950s two models were offered, one with a head fixed at 90° to the column, the other able to be rotated through 360° on its support bracket.

"Micro milling" a hardened steel die. The Super 50 shown in use could remove up to 0.005" in one pass leaving a surface finish under 10 micro inches and producing a round and straight hole

Finish grinding a forming die using an original-model
Super 50 held in Single Support Universal Mount

Internal grinding a hardened steel ring using a Super 30  mounted in a lathe
using the Precise
Tapered Wheel Arbor. More on toolpost grinders here

Drilling small holes with an original-model Super 50
attached to an ordinary 14-inch Delta drill press

A production set-up with four Super 50 Power Quill units
drilling, chamfering and milling small parts in brass

An early round-ram Bridgeport miller adapted to carry an original
version of the
Model 50 held in a Compound Universal Support

Grinding a die held in an independent 4-jaw chuck using
a
Super 40 secured in a Double-swivel Universal Support

Internal grinding a large hardened steel collar with a Super 50
held the lathe's top slide by a Single Support Universal Mount

Using a Super 50 held in Compound Universal Mount (attached to an
overarm mount) to mill an aluminium part held in a dividing head

Correcting a hardened die with a Super 50 mounted on an Index milling machine
fitted with one of the many versions of the Precise
Universal Mount

Routing a Masonite model with a Super 30 mounted on a 14-inch Delta drill press

Thread milling a fibreglass tube with an original-type Super 40

Hand finishing a forming die with a "Super 30"

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Precise Drill Press

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"Precise" Milling Machine Model 1 - Page 2
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