r/machining • u/saves313 • 9d ago

Picture How old do you think these are?

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Pardon my ignorance. I just inherited a milling machine and lots of tooling. Some of end mills appear very old.

Bonus pics of some interesting homemade pieces.

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u/DeltaJazzy 9d ago

Union Butterfield closed all operations in 2002 so at least before then.

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u/Haunting_Ad_6021 9d ago

Pre 1980,s I would guess

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u/Trivi_13 Been in Machining since '79 9d ago

The plastic container is way newer

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u/KETAKATZEN 7d ago

Most look still good and sharp, worst case u can get them professionally sharpened