Used & Second Hand Milling Machines for Sale

Used milling machines handle facing, slotting, pocketing, and gear cutting across toolrooms and job shops. Buying secondhand lets machinists acquire heavy European and Japanese castings from builders like Bridgeport and TOS. When selecting a unit, evaluate spindle taper condition, table leadscrew backlash, knee elevation smoothness, and whether your workload requires a universal swivelling table or a turret head.

Milling machines remove metal using rotary cutters against a stationary or feeding workpiece mounted on a table. Common configurations include vertical turret mills, horizontal production mills, and universal machines with swivelling tables that cut helical gears when paired with a dividing head. Heavy universal heads like those on Huron machines attach directly to the ram to mill at compound angles. The key technical parameters are table working area, spindle taper (commonly ISO 40, ISO 50, or R8), and spindle speed range. Gearbox-driven horizontal mills excel at gang-slitting and heavy roughing, while ram-type turret mills allow the head to tilt and nod for angled drilling, boring, and face milling across varied workpieces.

Inspect the longitudinal and cross leadscrews for backlash, especially near the center of table travel where wear concentrates. Check the dovetail or box guideways on the knee and column for scoring, ridging, and loss of original scraping marks. Mount a dial indicator on the spindle nose to measure radial runout and check for axial play in the quill bearings. For horizontal mills, verify that arbor supports, overarms, and drive braces remain present and fit without slop. On universal heads and turret mills, test the quill feed mechanism, head-tilting worm gear, and spindle back-gear engagement to confirm all ratios shift smoothly without gear tooth damage or abnormal chatter.

The yard stocks European, Japanese, and American units with builds ranging from 1989 to 2011. Inventory covers universal mills, M1TR turret mills, horizontal machines, vertical mills, double spindle units, and CNC models. Available builders include TOS, Bridgeport, SHIZUOKA, Huron, Kearney & Trecker, Hercules, XYZ, and Polamco. Options include ball-screw conversions, digital readouts, and universal heads with slotting attachments. All machines can be inspected at the Nashik yard before purchase.