Oliver pattern mill

[Darcy Warner]

Stupid convienet on line auctions. I found an outboard tool stand for an Oliver lathe I have been looking for, for a few years. I knew i was buying that and would have to drive 3 hours anyway, so I took pity on a poor machine. Actually I was more interested in the lot after it, which was the original cabinet full of original tooling.

Any way, I present one Oliver 103 universal pattern mill, plus its original cabinet full of tooling. IMG_20191022_202953_277.jpg

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[Bradley Gray]

Darcy, a sweet old machine as usual.

At first I thought pin router but it has a chuck not a collet and the table moves. What was this made to do? Is that insert tooling?

[Darcy Warner]

Darcy, a sweet old machine as usual.

At first I thought pin router but it has a chuck not a collet and the table moves. What was this made to do? Is that insert tooling?

Milling patterns, honestly, you were limited by your skill an imagination.

http://vintagemachinery.org/pubs/detail.aspx?id=299

[Bradley Gray]

Thanks. Amazing examples in the manual - now all you need your own foundry.

[Michael Todrin]

Great score on all the tooling. I sure there are some things in there that will inspire some creative projects.

[Darcy Warner]

Great score on all the tooling. I sure there are some things in there that will inspire some creative projects.

The tooling was to blame for the entire ordeal. Lol.
I am a sucker for something that is so complete.
Its definitely a use your imagination type machine.
I won't be able to mess with it for at least 6 months though.

[Michael Todrin]

Sounds like torture to have to wait 6 months to play with that thing.

[Darcy Warner]

Its home, just need to swing by the shop an unload it in a little bit. I am not sure how it worked out, but we managed to get it loaded with a forklift that was a bit small with forks that were too short, 42". Couple nice planks, my solid round bar, chain and two fat guys got it on my gooseneck.

[Brian Holcombe]

Curious to see what kind of shape the table is in under that hunk a' junk that's on there now. I assume it was common to put some kind of wooden table on that but the original machine table looks huge enough to be used with studs (it seems to be tapped with holes in the booklet) and step clamps.

Nice big boxed X-travel ways, giant rotary table, assuming high speed spindle....what's not to like.

[Darcy Warner]

Curious to see what kind of shape the table is in under that hunk a' junk that's on there now. I assume it was common to put some kind of wooden table on that but the original machine table looks huge enough to be used with studs (it seems to be tapped with holes in the booklet) and step clamps.

Nice big boxed X-travel ways, giant rotary table, assuming high speed spindle....what's not to like.

I tried taking it off when I got there, but it wouldn't budge even using a forklift. Lol. Hopefully I can save it, it would probably be handy to have eventually, in like 20 years or so.

[Darcy Warner]

And its finally fully functional. Don't really care about its appearance, it has a specific job I need it to do.

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[Darcy Warner]

Quick crappy video.
https://youtu.be/UY7VCiaAtyA

[Matt Day]

That thing is massive, and awesome. What’s your plan for it now that you’ve got it functional?

[Darcy Warner]

That thing is massive, and awesome. What’s your plan for it now that you’ve got it functional?

First thing is to crown bandsaw tires.

It's the middle sized one, the 102 is massive.

[Jared Sankovich]

I could find a use for one of those.