Picked up a new project

Johnny five ain't alive!

I Want that mini!

Nice Score, I'm jealous!

Wish I had room for one, but If I scored the same, I would add on!

nickel_dime wrote:

pinchvalve wrote: How did you get it home???

They loaded it on my car trailer and I towed it home with my Bambalance with about 47 zillion straps on it to keep it from flopping over.

i would love to know how many people went home that night and said "honey, i saw the strangest thing today..."

Looks like you can fit that mini on the lathe. No need for part removal, just chock that bad boy up there and have at it. LOL!

bluej wrote: I would love to know how many people went home that night and said "honey, i saw the strangest thing today..."

I think people pretty much say that about me no matter what I do. I tend to be a little left of center.

I got the factory Instruction manual and parts list today. "How to Rebuild a Milling Machine and Become a Machinist in Three Easy Steps".

I started working on the mill last night. What they did to this machine is criminal.

The grease in the worm screw that tilts the head was put in by the factory when it was built. I'm going to have to drill and tap the the shaft and use a slide hammer to get it out.

I pulled the lead screw for the Y axis out and it was so bound up I has to wedge a crow bar into the handle to turn it. That turned out to be the bushing that the shaft screws into has two threaded brass bushings and the bolts holding one of them had come out causing it to turn. It was basicly double nuted. There was so much goo under the table that the lead screw had formed threads in it.

I can see this is going to be one of those projects that is going to fight me every inch of the way.

nickel_dime wrote: I can see this is going to be one of those projects that takes forever and required several trips to the ER, and multiple stitches, but ends up being reaaallly rewarding and totally worth all those tetanus shots

fiksd

^^^ Good point. I was so frustrated last night I was wondering if the dollar I paid for the thing was too much.