Mid-Century Modern NC Mill

[whydontu]

Saw this on Facebook, wonder where I could find one. And a reliable source for vacuum tubes.

Demonstrated at the 1955 Chicago Machine Tool Show, along with a number of other vendors with punched card or paper tape machines that were either fully developed or in prototype form. These included Kearney & Trecker's Milwaukee-Matic II that could change its cutting tool under numerical control, a common feature on modern machines.

 

[Tomc938]

If you find one I hope you have a two car garage.

 

[RobinHood]

… and a couple of diesel generators in your back yard…

Nice find!

 

[slow-poke]

Impressive... I like the turret.

The fire extinguisher is interesting, I imagine they had a few critics while it was being developed.

 

[trevj]

Impressive... I like the turret.

The fire extinguisher is interesting, I imagine they had a few critics while it was being developed.

Fire extinguisher? You mean the air reservoir on the LH back corner?
Air is typically used to compress a stack of Bellville washers on the draw bar, for tool holder retention. Easy to control with a solenoid air valve, and safe, as the default failure mode is to just sit there holding the tool holder securely!