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    Default Taylor Hobson Pantograph ID

    I have been trying to do some basic milling on my 9" Hercus Lathe. To say its a major pain is a huge understatement. The lack of crosslide travel as well as the shuddering as the crosslide backlash jitters makes it really hard to get a high quality job. My first attempt worked though, it just took ages.

    So with that I've had an eye open for a mill. I don't have the budget for a proper mill so took a chance on a Pantograph as it looked beefy enough to manage the small work I had been doing.

    As with everything I own, I've immediately started taking it apart, so I can clean off the decades of baked on grease. Its think on there and moing anything is a real pain, so I'm hopeful it will get it back to a working useable condition.

    I've been trying to find any documentation on the machine so I can understand better how it should be setup, however I can't even find a model number and looking through google images reveals no machine like mine. There are some weird things like how the tracing arm is setup and how to undo the collet when it just spins and there is no locking mechanism.

    Can anyone help?

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    Looks like it could be one of these -
    Taylor Hobson Type 3-DS Engraver

    Michael

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    Nailed it! Thanks for that. I’ll dig a bit deeper to understand how it’s supposed to be put together properly.

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