Feeler FTS-27 Series II 2nd op machine

[M995]

Has anyone here run one. Good , bad or ugly. Found one locale, the automatic thread tooling might be worth way more than machine

 

[jdh47]

Don't know much about the Feeler but it looks like a copy of a Hardinge second operation machine. I have ran those a lot.

Without a tailstock and the requisite cross slide and thread stuff it would not be much good for chambering.

They have a Hardinge taper headstock.so take all that stuff. Headstock parting tool is nice.

If you want to make lots of parts they are fine. They are a trip to set up but are capable of good repeatability if you can stand the strain.

Joe