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    Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
    Your SV4 is not familiar; I've been around a few mills and machine brands. We'll insist [politely] postings on her virtues and faults.
    Aware nothing is perfect, lots of machines have features ranging from great to WTF. Fact is, reactions vary with different users.

    What I "know" so far,
    Knee mill
    Head tilts 45 in the x axis both ways, taper pin for 90 deg indexing
    Called a 5x25 w 4 inch quill stroke
    About 6 foot tall, will be putting on blocks, hate hunching over to work
    3mt collets for quill
    1.5 or 2 hp not shure which yet
    Built in power feed x axis
    Built in coolant
    About 1300 lbs
    Reputation for rigidity and accuracy
    Made in w Germany perhaps in the 50's
    Came with old brown n sharp vice, 1/2" collet with chuck
    Belt drive up the back side for speed changes
    Reputation for not enough room under the quill
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