HM-46B - Mill Drill - Geared & Tilting Head (M138, M138D)

[@JSRFmaster1]

How high is this machine when set up?

[@sharkienado]

“Precision ground slideways” top of the tables are ground to within 0.02mm but the slides are just left milled with faux scraping on the exposed y axis ways. the deviation in the x slides alone usually exceeds 4 thou

[@angrydragonslayer]

wait..... 20 micron is precision grinding now?

[@GeorgeAlex-j6k]

It's faux scraping, but the grooves also serve to retain oil.

[@thetooth]

Can these be bought in a exploded view state? I am looking at getting one but have no use for the included electrical system or junk tooling, would be nice to save a few bucks.

[@ianmoone2359]

What’s it cost & is it available in stock or like your lathes, is it on a slow boat from China that might be here in 3 months or 6 months?

[@Machineryhouse1930]

we have a few left around the country, that's the model with the digital readout system only and it sells for $3,399 inc gst

[@undercoverhustler37]

available in Canada?

[@geoffbrumpton8544]

G’day, What’s the weight of the machine without the stand ?

[@Machineryhouse1930]

380kg

[@philipm7054]

Hi. I have an HM-36 mill drill that came from machinery house nz. I am going to change the gearbox oil on it. The manual says to use sae 68 oil but i can't find any oil listed as sae 68. Plenty of iso 68 which is hydraulic oil. Which oil do you recommend I use? Thanks.

[@MrPhatNOB]

ISO 68 is the same. Just get some 68 weight hydraulic oil. It’s very common.

[@jerryblankenship9908]

How can you add power feed on the Z axis

[@thetooth]

mill yourself motor mount 👀

[@paradiselost9946]

its a milling machine. you make metal parts, such as motor brackets with it ;) btw... WHICH Z? it has two.

[@65cj55]

Why is everything that blue ?

[@paradiselost9946]

trademark? like, why is cadbury that royal blue/purple? the older stuff used to be green, more of a universal back then. you see blue and cream/white, its instantly recognisable as hafco...

[@65cj55]

@@paradiselost9946 But it's all blue, not just the stuff branded Hafco.

[@millomweb]

It's a very nice toy. The significant word on the line above is toy. Any machine without power feeds in all significant dimensions is a toy.

[@millomweb]

@@brendan4401 Thanks for your worthless comment - and I agree, it IS worthless !

[@brendan4401]

Worthless comment. With a drill capacity > Ø30mm, it’s hardly a toy and good machine for home/small workshop use.

[@millomweb]

@@brendan4401 You can get good toys ! I'm not knocking the smaller machines for being toys, it's just that they're still toys !