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Firstly, I'd like to say hello to everyone on this awesome forum.

Well here is the start of my CNC conversion of a Hafco Metal Master HM-52 Horozontal and Verticle Knee mill. It is a Tiawaneese machine which I purchased from the importer here in Australia. The machine itself is very similar in design to a Bridgeport machine only heaps cheaper. I have already done many manual jobs with it so far and it has passed every test with flying colours. Here is a photo of the HM-52. It cannot be seen in the photo but the HM-52 has 2 drive motors, one for each INT30 spindle, both are belt drive, automatic feed on the X axis, coolant pump, 1000mm X 240mm Table, 600mm Longitudinal Travel, 180mm Tranverse travel, vert spindle to table is 375mm, spindle stroke 125mm, spindle speeds from 90 to 2400rpm running mains power at 1.5kW. Machine stands 2060mm tall and weighs 800kg.
All slide ways are dove tail's including the ram. The Vertical spindle has a fine feed and can tilt side to side and the ram can swing a full rotation...... oh and the table can also swivel.
For the price of this thing it is amazing just how many configurations it can handle.
More posts to come........