Photo Index - Cincinnati Milling Machine Co. (Milacron) - No. 2 M

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Cincinnati Milling Machine Co. (Milacron)
Cincinnati, OH

Machine Specifications
Machine Class:	Metal Working Machinery
Machine Type:	Mill, Horizontal
Machine Size:	28" Longitudinal Travel
Submitted By:	John Olsen

Machine Specifications
Description/Model:	No. 2 M
Date of Manufacturer:	~1920
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Last Updated	1/1/2014 5:59:55 PM

Comments:

Mill was purchased when a local textile company in North Carolina was closed and torn down. The original machine shop was still in use and was belt driven from an overhead belt drive. All of the equipment was one owner purchased and installed new in the textile mill. The building was recycled to sell bricks and heart pine. The owners offered the entire workshop to a local museum but due to the economy they could not afford to take the equipment and set it up. I took this one before it went to the scrap yard. Unfortunately its last storage area had the roof leaking and it got a little wet. But the damage is very minimal and was easily be cleaned up.

The mill has 12 speeds ranging from 20 to 419 rpm which may seem slow but when you consider that a horizontal mill is usually turning 2-8" diameter cutters, the SFM cutting speed is more than high enough. However, she turns way to slow for a small 1/2" or 1/4" end mill to be effective. Surprisingly, all of the power feeds and speeds still work, the table is in great condition, and the ways are smooth and flat with no swayback. But of course no evidence of the original scraping is left after 90 plus years. The table still moves smoothly though and holds tolerances well enough for for general work. The original huge B&S 14 arbors were still with the machine as was the spiral milling attachment and the whole set of gears for it.

We mounted a motor bracket onto the back of the machine using existing tapped holes and drive the pulley with a ribbed belt. The machine runs great.

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Comments: Cincinnati No 2 Horizontal Mill. Machine set up in shop. Nice for cutting long key ways, gears, etc.
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Comments: Close up of speed change levers.
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Comments: The huge B&S 14 taper next to a modern R-8 taper to show scale.
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Comments: After 90 plus years she still does a great job cutting a key way in a shaft.
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Comments: Close up of arbor support.
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Comments: How I found her, alone and sad in a factory ready to be scrapped. There wasn't any power so we had to find her with a flashlight among the scrap.
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