congratulations! absolute jewel of a milling machine! it's no schaublin, of course, but still. ;) looking forward to seeing more of it!

The difference between an FP1 and a motorboat is there are only two days you’ll be happy with that motorboat….. the day you purchased it and the day you sold it. You’ll be happy with the FP1 virtually every day you have the pleasure to use it, AND it will never go down in value 👍👍😎👍👍

It is older than me - yet in better shape!

I'm so happy for you! also, adding the catalog photos of the accessories was a fantastic idea .

I have a feeling that the manuals for that machine and all of its accessories would make a stack as tall as it is! But seriously it is a remarkable machine and I appreciate you taking the time to show us around.

I had forgotten how much I loved the design of the Deckel mill. I ran them back in the 80's a bit. So much for such a small footprint. Ingenious!

Slotting head + 3D printed Martini shaker = Friday night reward for a week of working

The FP1 must be the most versatile machine ever made. 🥰 The “footprint to parts and cut size”-ratio is hard to beat. And top level precision on top of that. 👌 Really looking forward to see what clever setups you will show us in the future, taking benefit of the machines full potential.

Hi Stefan I was an apprentice on the FP1. It is a marvelous Munich machine design. I own both a Schaublin and Deckel milling machine and they are both fantastic versatile machines. (I must say that accesories for Schaublins eat in on you payslip faster than Deckel)

It's great to see a Deckel on youtube. I know how you must feel. I bought an imperial unit FP3 in 1992, and I love it. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

Thank you for taking the time to do these videos. Very appreciated. Nice knowing that a machine of this accuracy and versatility is in the hands of an equally capable machinist who appreciates it and can use it to it's full potential.

Congratulations on the new machine. You have always amazed me of the quality of work you have learned to do on a Chinese mill. You have payed your dues on that old thing. You deserve this amazing new /used machine😊. Can wait to see what you do with it.

Welcome to "This Old Tool room" The beginning of it sounded familiar! Lol

That is a mill that I would love to have. If only I still lived in a country that these were available in, had the money to pay for it and above all, I were 40 - 50 years younger. Your realized dream isn't even a possible dream for me any more. Enjoy your boat, I mean mill and think of those who can only dream your dream while sleeping. Congratulations!

Viel Spaß mit der tollen Maschine. Hab selber eine aus meiner Lehrwerkstatt mitgenommen, inklusive Zubehör und bin jetzt nach 3 Jahren immer noch verliebt 😅 Bin gespannt was ich alles von dir "abschauen" kann. Allgemein danke für die tollen Videos 👍

Wow, Stefan, you have a knack for finding (and buying) good-looking machines! That lovely FP1 shows no signs of abuse. Thanks for this update 👍

'Will never buy a (fill in blank)." I've often prayed that every never I've ever spoken are finally behind me. Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor? Nice machine Stefan! Hope it meets or exceeds your expectations.

That is a thing of beauty! Congratulations. ATB, Robin

Awesome Stefan! One more in your arsenal of machines!! Congratulations for your aquisition and progress!!

Love the mill, makes my old Bridgeport look clumsy... I believe there used to be a similar Toolroom mill called an Alexander in the UK, only ever seen 1, with few accessories. Great video,Amy thanks

Welcome to the light! I am the current keeper of a Deckel FP3, with most of the accessory tables with indexing + overhead milling kit. Newall 3 axis DRO, will be adding a further 2 axis to cover the additional axes. All running on a single phase inverter, so have speed control and reversing if needed.

That's an absolutely brilliant machine. It's on my list of unicorns, they don't come up for sale often where I live and when they do they're quite a bit more expensive than I feel like an almost 70yr old machine should be, at least for how used and dogged out most of the ones I've seen are. Yours looks to be in exceptionally good shape.

That was one of the more informing videos I've seen in a long time thank you for your effort

Wow, what a beautiful machine. Now i understand why we have three of these at school. So much versatility. Congrats with the purchase.

Lol 😂 for a guy who said he would never get one it sure does put a smile on your face I hope you enjoy it for a long time

Lovely mill, Stefan. Reminds me of the Schaublin 12 that I ran for years. The outrigger for the horizontal spindle on that could also be used on the dividing head. Rigid too but getting very rare in the condition yours is in. Well done!

I managed to toolroom with three of these Fp1s. They are absolute gems and met our needs for the small work precision our customers required. They were utilized 3 to 1 over the Bridgeports in the shop.

Those are very unusual in the US; my FP1 was the first I'd ever seen when I bought it 20ish years ago. It's older than yours, with speeds changed by gears, rather than knobs, and it has the fixed horizontal table. The optical surplus dealer, from whom I bought it, wanted only scrap value, so it cost me $500. Not nearly as tidy as yours, but I am very fond of it. Thanks for your excellent review.

Thank you for nice video. I am using Metba MB-1, ISO 40. It is the same as yours. I am working more than 10 years on it. DRO makes this equipment as a rocket. Keep going! Best regards from Lithuania.

WoW! Versatility is amazing. Looking forward to seeing projects.

I couldn’t wait for this video when I saw your images posted. And as always, you exceeded my expectations. Thank you.

I've been very much looking forward to this overview. Thank you Stefan, wonderfully done. I'm impressed by it all, but was surprised how quiet it is!

If you need a new variable speed pulley or sheaves, Speed Selector makes pulleys that replace the Reeves, Hi-Lo, TB Woods and Lovejoy pulleys that went out of business or got bought. Most are in stock or Speed Selector will custom make if needed. They have an actual engineering department; very helpful.

We had several of these machines in the shop I worked in during my tool & die apprenticeship back in the 1970s, in the US. Deckel, then Deckel, Maho, Gildemeister, now DMG-Mori, one of the premier machine builders in the world.

Personally I like more the fp1 with millilg table, so I have a good spot to put my ashtray... Very interesting video, Stefan. Thanks for sharing.

Congratulations Stefan, to the beautiful machine! We had it in our apprentice workshop and it is an amazing toolroom milling machine. I loved working with it.

This has so many features in such a small form factor, I wouldn't know what to do with it. Great little machine, in capable hands. Looking forward to what you're going to be doing with it.

Ran one back in 1973. One of the best mills ever made.

Thanks for thorough introduction! I had a summer job in mid -90 where I operated with two Deckel mills, can't remember the models. Great machines, but it took quite a while for me to orientate with the axis. One moves the tool and others the workpiece. And leaning back to Bridgeport setup in next job was equally difficult. The powerfeed gearbox was somewhat lottery of directions. And using the fastest speed as rapid movement caused me a few collisions. The drawbar spanner orbits suitably at forehead height if forgotten on the bolt, far more dangerous then lathe chuck key sling. The centring microscope with lamps was superb.

Thank you Stefan for inviting us for a visit to see your new mill.

Mostly I have no precise idea what you are talking about, but it’s just a pleasure to be taken along your journey. Gut gemacht !

Like a kid on Christmas morning (genuine envy...). The best hour in the last week. Thanks.

WOW, what an awesome versatile machine, that's truly wonderful, I really enjoyed watching you show it to us, thanks for sharing, many thanks, cheers from me. 😷

I have a new-found pride in my late father's German engineering background, which he seldom spoke about. For some strange reason. Great content as usual Stefan

I'm just a lowly wood butcher with a tools addiction. All I can say is I want one. What a lovely sized, versatile machine.

Great machine Stephan. I have a larger shop with slightly larger work and own a FP2 for 25 years with extended travel in x. They are absolutely the must have milling machine. With the rigid table attached I can hog stainless no problem. The universal table has had it use in my shop too for large angled pieces and as you mentioned it has a rigidity weakpoint but with care and light machining it gets complex parts done. One observation; these machines can be completely operated from the dial side of the machine. When the table is extended in x towards you I think the cabinet next to you will introduce a real tight spot to work in. I like to have more space there. I also own a Mikron WF 1 which has the same footprint as the FP1 but whit much more travel in x and y (400, 250) and is more rigid for heavy removal. Also a machine to recommend to anyone who is considering buying a quality machine from the past. Congratulations for reaching your midlife goal! All the best, Job

Nice machine Stefan.

Awesome! I seen your post about this a few days ago and I've been dieing to see an in depth look at it. Very cool machine! Congratulations on your purchase! This is going to bring you more capability.

as a fun academic experience my uncle bolted a bridgeport slotter to the spindle of his vertical milling center and used it in conjunction with a 4th axis to generate involute gear teeth. it works quite well, and will cut any conceivable number of teeth or helix angle

Two things stand out to me, very compact for small parts machining and incredibly versatile. It looks like the Swiss Army knife of milling machines. Also looks to be quite robust. Thanks for the very thorough rundown on capabilities.

What a beautiful machine. So smooth and quiet.

Really nice machine, congrats!! The more I learn about the European style mills, the more I like them. Also, a Deckel deckel. 😂 I love that.

A top quality machine is not really expensive, you only buy it once an No time spent retuning a B quality machine, which eventually gets replaced. This is not a home workshop machine, you do high precision work oh very high quality where time is also important. Congratulations on your purchase. Typical German high quality. Greetings from Tasmania Australia 👍😁🇦🇺🦘

An amazing machine,l spent six months of my apprenticeship on this model.Brings back memories of my toolroom experience the sixties.

As usual, Your videos are incredibly informational, a real treasure for somebody who wants to see what a toolroom mill is able to do. Congratulations for the well tooled machine!

this machine bring back memory.. use this machine in the mid 90s.. love it. only thing i worry is the power feed for the Y and Z axis. if you're not careful when engaging the autofeed when there is a part on the machine, something bad can happen to that work... am very careful with the autofeed--- very careful.

The machine is a work of art. The colour of the lamp even coordinates with the machine!

Got to use one of these, FP-1 or FP-2 during my apprenticeship days with Big Blue in the late 1960. I was used to XLO and Japanese vertical mills of Bridgeport style, but stiffer and heavier. When I finally got to use the FP, it's rigidity was immediately apparent. A colleague cut a window in a heavy cast iron angle plate, by "walking" a 1" dia cutter through the 1.25" thick cast iron to produce the window. The cut-out piece we used as a lapping plate. Not a protest was heard from that beautiful machine. Wish I had one! Missed 2 opportunities: 30 years ago one sold at an auction for a reasonable CDN$ 5000, but I couldn't afford it at that time. The economy was brutal in the early 1990's. 15 years or so ago a friend got a quote from the factory for a re-built FP-1 and I think the price was CDN$ 10,000 at that time. Again, to rich for my blood then. There seem to be quite a few for sale in Germany. I wonder what the sea shipment costs would be from Germany to Toronto?

The FP1, still a dream.... Maybe in the future, I will get one...

That is the mill I learned on during my apprenticeship as tool and die maker in the late 1970s.

Super Nice machine Stefan! i am realy happy that you got a Fp1 because i always wanted to get closer infos about the fp1 and its features. also interesting to see the xtric vise in use . greets from Vienna, Pirmin

That is some serious piece of kit brother! Love to see what you end up producing on it !

When all else fails , you have INFINITE ADJUSTABIITY ! ! ! Thank you for sharing , I'm certain that many will benefit a great deal .

Thanks for this video. I recently purchased an FP1 identical to yours with the same accessories including an adjustable table and various tooling. Looking forward to learning new ways of manipulating it in future videos.

What an incredible machine!!! Very happy for you, well done.

That's an amazing story on the UPA3 boring head. I have a similar story A local technical school moved locations and auctioned off all their old equipment. Among many things I purchased a pallet of random materials, half finished projects etc. And there it was between the 'garbage', the beautiful black box of a MT3 UPA3 with all of its accessories and no traces of rust. I think I paid 60 EUR for the pallet. Good times!

I love the aspect ratio / proportions of this machine. It fits your shop very well and is incredibly versatile for its size.

A very nice addition to the shop Stefan.

Congrats and thank you very much for the very intensive introduction of this special machine. Back to the past!!

I'm falling in love to FP1!

Thank you for a wonderfully clear explanation of the machine and your reasons for purchase. I look forward to seeing you put it through its paces.

Fantastic video with an in depth intro to a great little machine. Now I know to appreciate them:). Cannot wait to see, what you will be doing with it.

Wow I feel sorry for Rustinox. He just made a CRANE to lift his deckel head on/off the machine... And here is you; "Well I am 2.9 meters tall and can lift 800kg so I will just lift it off like this! Now watch me do it with one hand!" 😎 But seriously now, that is a beautiful machine. You are obviously proud and excited to get working on it. 👍 I can't wait to see more.

Wow, once you get all that set to do an operation you must be hesitant to change it! Seems like you would be tramming vices for days! It also seems like you mastered all the various options and setups in a very short time. I appreciate the stills showing the options, too. Lots of work went into just that. Good luck with it!

That machine is absolutely amazing! I didn't know that such versatile machines even existed. It's like the Swiss Army knife of machine tools! I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if it also had scissors, tweezers, and a magnifying glass. Wow, simply astounding!!! :)

That is a very special machine . so happy for you to have it . so versatile . all I need now is a lottery win and a new house with a massive workshop and I would buy one . Cheers Ade.

Very versatile machine. I can see why you like it. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.

It's a lovely machine, Stefan and you have the ability to use it with good effect. A very interesting presenation, thanks for filming it. Mart in England.

Fantastic. That's my kind of mid-life crisis! Thanks very much for the extensive tour.

Really nice work Stefan, thank you. God has definitely blessed you with natural gifts. You not only have the ability to do what you do in your field, but also to do it better than most. And also a gift to teach. I don’t know if you do this on purpose, but you explain things in a way that’s easy to understand….at least to me. I have to see things done in order to understand them….can’t just read a book and get it. I appreciate your hard work👍 Thanks again

Had there been a shot in the video of you bum I'm sure we would have seen 2 tails comming out of it 😊 I can also tell by your voice that you are so thrilled with the new addition to the shop, I'm pleased for you too and cannot wait till we see it getting put to work with all the posibilities it has having all the additional extras you got with it. I hope it turns out as good as it looks.

About a week before you bought your Deckel, I bought an Emco FB-3L, with factory Heidenhain DRO. It’s probably closer to a FP2 in size. I realized after I got it that there is no reverse which I thought was odd. It was made on 2010, so it’s a very modern version. It has power feed on the X and Y with hand cranks but manual only on the Z 😦. Interesting that the FP1 has only X and Z power feed. This video makes me feel better now since it seems that no one did all 3 and made reverse. The axis drives are powered by a VFD, the spindle is a straight 3 phase. At some point I might make the spindle VFD driven but I don’t want to tear everything apart just yet. I also want to figure out how to do a Z axis drive, and then look at making it a CNC. The other thing that I found odd is that this Emco has only SK30 taper spindles, but your smaller FP1 has 40 taper. In enjoyed your segment on the SK40 tooling, I’m in the process of finding SK30 DIN 2080 tools which are a bit obscure here in the US. I only have ER25 collet adapters tool holders. I really love the horizontal spindle feature, on my Emco there’s a big hinge and it allows the head to slide out and then pivot out of the way. No crane or muscle power needed. I think some of those indexing head accessories are neat, I see no reason why they wouldn’t work on my Emco. Emco has a few accessories and I doubt there are any that I can find here in US. I enjoyed seeing the pictures of all the set ups.

Used to work at fp2. Cool machine!

You have obtained a bucket list/ dream mill. Congratulations Stefan.

Vielen Dank fuer diese ausfuehrliche Vorstellung der Maschine. Wunderbar, wie gut die Handhabung, Bedienung und das Einstellen so ergonomisch realisiert wurde. Und das auf so einer kleinen Stellflaeche. Uebrigens, you "borrow" something from someone and "lend" something to someone. 🙂Hope your thumb heals quick.

Amazing. So very happy for you. Thanks for sharing.

He’s done it. We knew he was a metal head but now he’s growing the hair. Don’t stop mate.

I wish those were more popular here, it's quite a universal machine! Congrats that's a real beauty!

THANK YOU STEFAN.

super duper versatile mill , you now need a trolley on your ceiling to move accessories on and off. since machine is 3 phase, a DPDT reverse switch on motor terminals U8,V8- simple enough to install for your threading op.

Nice. Thanks for the overview. A very versatile machine

great machine, Stefan, one reason to put an endmill in that index table is, on the overarm there are leica and Nikon microscope viewers, which industry uses for QC and inspection purposes, or a so called "centering microscope", to use this index vice as a setup fixture for a 4-jaw chuck, for irregular parts, so that time is saved on the lathe, you afix in this rig, inspect the part/cutters, then all is good to run.

Just a beautifull piece of mechanical art... Greetings enjoy it

Hello Stefan, the first upde for the FP1 is to replease the moter for a moter that you can referse or a other tap holder, it also so nice when have to make e left gewinder Nice machine the DeckelFP1

Thanks for the tour of your new (to you) piece of equipment. Amazing & very complicated engineering. Loved the longer video to understand this machine.

Beautiful machine and presentation - the name "Rube Goldberg" also comes to mind...in a very nice way of course.

In the workshop i learned presision mechanic, we had one FP1, two FP2 and one FP4. At this time china import machines for hobby werent that common and even an old worn out FP1 was hard to get and very expensive, very few for sale and everyone wanted one, because the FP1 can be easy moved through every door and with all the accessoires there is almost nothing these machine cant do. I always wanted one, but could never afford one or had no space for it.

Thank You for Your time and effort.

At first I thought you said 6mm of quill travel and wondered why they even bothered with a quill. After watching you power tap I realize you must have said 60mm. Very beautiful machine Stefan. It's a work of functional art.

What a wonderfully versatile machine. It does not appear to have a large footprint for a smaller shop. Thank you for sharing.