Manual Milling
Equipment
EPIC has four Series-1 Bridgeport vertical milling machines and one large ACRA LC-25VH combination vertical-horizontal milling machine.
Our Bridgeport mills have…
- 31 to 36 inches of X-Axis Travel
- 12 inches of Y-Axis Travel
- 16 inches of Z-Axis “Knee” Travel
- 5 inches of Quill Stroke
Our ACRA mill has…
- 36 inches of X-Axis Travel
- 16.5 inches of Y-Axis Travel
- 17.5 inches of Z-Axis “Knee” Travel
- 5 inches of Quill Stroke
Each machine has an articulating head that can “knod” and “tilt.” An additional “ram” can move the head in and out along the Y-Axis. Each mill is equipped with a 6-inch milling vise. EPIC has a number of milling accessories such as rotary-indexers, dividing heads, collet blocks, rotary tables, sine-vises, 1-2-3 blocks, 2-4-6 blocks, V-blocks, soft jaws, parallels, and much more.
Students, staff, and faculty can choose a milling tool from any of our wide variety of drills, end mills, shell mills, face mills, fly cutters, radius cutters, ball-nose end mills, boring heads, edge-finders, and indicators. Can’t find something? Ask a staff member.
Classes
Join our Newsletter for information on when we are holding our manual mill training classes. While the class is not required to learn how to operate the mill it does allow you to learn how to operate the mill without having a part you need to make. If you have a part you need to make you can learn basic mill operation from one of our team members.
Workholding Video
Video on workholding in the Bridgeport mills with EPIC’s former manager Joe (Filmed in 2020)