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12th Jan 2019, 01:13 PM #1Member
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Kearns S type horizontal borer Vic
Saw this posted up on the Facebook market place.
located in Fulham in Vic.
$6500.
Looks like a clean machine. Has the tailstock still fitted.
I need another borer like I need a hole in the head so if someone here can buy it and save me thinking about it I would be very happy
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12th Jan 2019, 07:34 PM #2Most Valued Member
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It's been for sale on eBay for ages.
Looks in reasonable shape but a bit expensive maybe. Certainly nobody is rushing to buy it. Also not interested, I have 2 HBM's, that's quite enough.
PDW
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12th Jan 2019, 07:37 PM #3Most Valued Member
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What's the quill taper on a Kearns with the facing head like that? 5 Morse?
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12th Jan 2019, 10:04 PM #4Pink 10EE owner
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They don't have a quill as per the normal definition of a quill, that being a traveling spindle.
Gold, the colour of choice for the discerning person.
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13th Jan 2019, 11:30 PM #5Golden Member
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16th Jan 2019, 08:54 PM #6Most Valued Member
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That's a Kearns S type. It doesn't have a quill of any sort. Strictly facing head only. They did make a variant with a quill but it *didn't* have a facing head.
If you want both you have to move up (a lot) to something like my Kearns OA which has a 5MT quill with 16" of travel and a big bolt-on facing head. It also occupies more than 2X the floor space and is almost 3X the mass - nothing comes for free.
I use my S type a lot more than my OA but it's horses for courses. If I ever have to scale down though the S type is one of the very last machines I'll ever part with. Mine is immaculate and one of the relatively rare toolroom models fitted with the Optimetric glass scales. It is a truly lovely piece of engineering. Variant22 has a somewhat newer model made after the merger of Kearns & Richards and his table reads 0-0-0 on a sensitive indicator even though they cheapened the filler & paint job.
I regard these as one of the finest pieces of machinery you can get outside something like a jig borer. They are beautifully made and dead accurate.
PDW
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18th Feb 2019, 09:08 AM #7New Member
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Hi, i'm in Ireland. Any idea how I can contact the seller of this borer please?
Any help appreciated.
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18th Feb 2019, 06:40 PM #8Member
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https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F253886887888
see if that works.
link to its listing on eBay.com.au
it ends in a few hours but it will relist again
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18th Feb 2019, 09:39 PM #9New Member
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19th Feb 2019, 06:40 PM #10Diamond Member
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19th Feb 2019, 06:50 PM #11Pink 10EE owner
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You did not read the thread Snapatap.
Gold, the colour of choice for the discerning person.
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20th Feb 2019, 06:12 PM #12Diamond Member
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Looks like i'm off to the optometrist.
Would have thought there would have been heaps of those borers in that part of the world.
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