(Goverment Surplus😯🤓) DIXI 60mm Horizontal Optical Jig Borer (1966 Vintage)

Description

Our Item #1911-5305
W
OW
!
!
!
T
hey
don't
make
them
like
this
anymore
!
And
they
never
will
again
,
What
a
Swiss
Precision
W
ork
of
Art
!
(Goverment Surplus😳) Dixi Horizontal Jig Mill 60mm 1966, Inch Reading Scales/Optics, Included are the related Tool Holders pictured and close to a dozen more not pictured, Dixi 450mm Optical Precision Rotary Table still in its oridgnal Cosmoline, SIP 450mm Compound Rotary Table, that has Never even been removed from it's oridgnal shipping skid. The Hydraulic Unit not pictured, Up on a shelf is the Cast Aluminum Motor Enclosure. And any covers that you may see missing are there, just removed for inspection, And of course the Sale's Brochure from it's day.
Things I know to be missing, a few ball knobs and studs, There is no factory lamp, A light bulb globe on the control panel.
This
Machine
is
Extremly
Complete
.
I have not had it under power. If someone wishes too do so I would recommend putting a Simple 5HP Servo Drive on it and avoid the Old School Electronics.
In
the
realm
of
Machine
Tools
,
I
believe
this
Dixi
is
like
finding
a
1
9
6
0
s
barn
find
Ferr
ari
with
only
1
0
,
0
0
0
miles
on
it
.
Mechanically
one
will
never
find
another
in
as
good
of
shape
as
this
!
!
!
What
is
it
Truly
Worth
?
Time
will
tell
,
It'
s
certain
ly
going
to
take
the
Right
Individual
with
Insite
.
I
believe
the
6
0
s
was
the
B
est
and
last
Decade
of
quality
built
manual
Machine's
.
I
believe
this
machine
may
be
the
L
east
U
sed
and
most
C
omplete
6
0
mm
Dixi
in
the
World
,
aside
f
rom
not
having
any
Boring
Bars
used
in
conjuction
with
the
out
board
support
.
It
truly
deserves
3
month's
detail
and
paint
and
then
put
in
a
Dixi
Mus
eum
!
!
!
This Machine was purchased by the US Navy and they basically Next to Never used it. Just look at the two pictures of the scrapped Way's they look Like New! I call it flacking rather than scrapping you can bairly even feel the marks they are so slight, I have read that the Swiss used cheap Italian labor that spent as many as 500 man hours to scrap in the Ways, I have also read that they have used these machines as a Coordinate Measuring Machine. In it's day it was as accurate as they get.
If
you
read
all
that
I
applaud
you
,
and
hope
you
found
an
appreciaton
for
this
Beautiful
old
Dixi
,
May
your
S
earch
'
s
and
E
ndevers
always
be
F
ruitful
😁
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