COLBURN 42" VBM Check Out Those Way's!!!😳😯 Vertical Boring Mill, (Bullard VTL)

Description

Our item #1905-5226-5000
You
gotta
have
Passion
!
And
I
'
m
finding
a
L
ot
for
this
Old
C
OLBURN
VBM
😁😘
The
C
OLBURN
Is
Coming
To
Life
!
That
first
p
ic
o
f
the
Way
s
is
about
one
hour's
Work
,
I'm
Liking
W
hat
I
S
ee
!
!
!
All
I
Can
Say
Is
This
Machine
Is
In
Very
G
ood
Mec
h
anical
Shape
!
!
!
I
believe
the
Ways
are
c
l
eanin
g
up
to
where
it
will
be
close
to
holding
the
Tollerances
it
did
!
!
!
T
he
Day
It
Left
The
Factory
!
!
!
I
will
keep
working
on
it
!
Just
a
Note
:
I
am
not
a
Dealer
just
an
O
ld
S
chool
Machinist
that
likes
and
appreciates
old
well
built
machinery
.
Well
I
got
the
Ways
all
cleaned
up
,
I
have
to
say
they
are
Truly
in
quite
Rema
rka
ble
shape
!
!
!
Both
Boring
Rams
Fl
acked
surfaces
look
almost
like
N
ew
!
I
believe
those
to
be
the
most
important
wear
surfaces
on
the
M
achine
,
And
provide
it's
most
important
function
Boring
!
!
!
If you are looking for a Reasonably! Priced Machine that isn't overly complicated both mechanically and electronically
and
can
still
hold
Tollerances
!
!
!
This may be the Machine for you!
Ther
e's
a
Lot
of
life
left
in
the
Gib
adjustments
!
Just look at the left Ram I would say the Gibs are at the beginning of there adjustment capabilities possibly never adjusted down, and the more frequently used Ram on the right has been adjusted down about 1/3rd of there adjustment! Meaning the Machine may have been run only limited. Other's typically don't give you close up picture's of there Ways, Why? Because they are nothing to write home about, Meaning there ability to hold Tollerances are Qustionable! Any repairs can be both Extensive! and Expensive!!! One can reasonably change out some gears, clutch or a shaft ect. But worn Ways not good!
Look
closely
at
the
Ways
F
olks
!
!
!
Anyone
can
buy
an
inexpensive
abused
for
years
Boat
Anchor
that
will
nickel
and
dime
you
to
death
and
N
ot
hold
size
D
ay
One
!
This
Machine
will
hold
size
with
the
best
of
them
!
!
!
The
more
I
work
on
the
Machine
the
more
I
am
impressed
with
it's
ex
isting
overall
condition
!
It
has
just
sat
idle
for
many
years
!
And
primar
ily
just
dirty
.
You
would
be
very
hard
pressed
to
find
anything
beat
on
and
or
abused
on
this
Machine
!
!
!
And
thats
A
Fact
Folks
!
!
!
It
appears
some
real
Old
School
Machinist
O
perated
it
!
😃
COLBURN 42" Vertical Boring Mill, 37" Chuck, 37" Under Rail, Dual Swivel Rams tilt 45° and have 30" of travel, 10hp Main Motor (12) Speed's 3.6 to 120rpm, (12) Feed's .5 to 24mm Per Rev. Machine weight approx. 25,000 lbs.
There is a Practical Machinist Blog on Colburn's Interesting with many Specification's noted, Guessing it was manufactured around 1950, It's in French with Metric Lufkin Rule's, Guessing it was Manufactured for the Canadian market, The Speed and Feed Name Plates are in great shape, I have had all (4) motor's under power, And have several Running Video's of it's function's, the Chuck Rotating sounded good and the Brake work's as expected,
Th
is
Machine
is
quite
Complete
!
!
!
Basically no missing parts that I am aware of aside from the mentioned items below, I have found one round plastic ball knob missing, a simple flat head screw holding a Lufkin Rule missing, one of about 100 grease Zerk's broken, some BX flexable electric line clamps are missing, and a Square Head Tool Post screw is missing,
Thats
it
!
Remarkable
!
!
!
No Broken Handles or Cracked Casting's, I do have the drive motor cast belt guard.
I am in the process of adding an Oil Pump to supply the Chuck Gearbox bearings gravity feed oilers, it was missing when I obtained the Machine.
Remanufactured!? and lightly used since,
Actually
it
may
have
never
been
Remanufacture
d
!
!
!
It's
in
such
good
overall
Mechanical
S
hape
,
it
may
have
just
had
limited
use
!
?
Mechanically I would say this machine has
Many
more
Decade
s
!
!
!
of
productive
life
left
in
it
.
Electrically this Machine is Very Basic! 230V 3 phase It is Fused at 45 amp And completely functional, Give this machine some good Elbow Grease, Mineral Spirits, and Scotch Bright pads, to Tackle the Way's,
This
Machine
Will
Shine
Above
Anything
Similarly
Priced
!
!
!
I Hope you find what your looking for! Thanks for looking!!!😀 Check out our other quality unique item's, at our eBay store.