New Pm 932 Pdf Set Up :)

Finally got most of the garage in order to receive the new mill . However still short on room between lathe, tooling shelves, beer / bait fridge. Had to already down one set of shelves. So something may have to go after the mill is all set up . .

Anyway The big day came yesterday when i was at work. ,Last night got home late spent and tired but had 2 big crates in garage waiting for me to cut the bands and dig in . Had my stand all ready to go . And had delivery man place the mill skid directly under the block n tackle hooks. Opened the base first was a smooth slide right over the new mill stand . However 2 mounting holes in X did not line up. Ut Ohh! Btw was given Dims prior to making stand . My guess is the casting that was measured was a nominal 15" center/ center and my base was 15-5/8 on center. O well little set back. soooooo modified mounting holes distance then preceded to mount base on the new stand. .
Rolled the stand/ base out and around and then through garage front door for the lift transition. Made a new lolly to mount b/t ceiling joists and lathe stand bc lathe is now placed in the ole lolly column support used to pick up lathe .All Worked well needed to adjust 2-3 inches for perfect centerline with ceiling Joists.

Next was able to uncrate and lift Mill out.. At that point decided to go over the entire machine. Checked all bolts column mounts and hardware. After initial inspection of most of machine mounted Z column rapid motor ,Table Power table feed ect.. Than I proceed to lift mill and noticed my ole problem.
( Im a again 4-5 inches too short and a day late) Another words need to raise block n tackle up 4-5 inches on the hook . This is to pick up mill high enough to place on mill stand and base together. At that pouint it was 1-2:00 Am so i packed it in for the night . O well tonight ill puter in place. Thats about it for now . Back to my day Job .TTL

Well finally eating something and having a cold one....ready to settle down for the night . All went smooth done deal she's in place … raised the chain pull than my buddy called . Spoke to him for an hour as I adjusted Power-feed than hoisted her up and set in place . Bolted down machine to table all with one hand an an ear on the phone. Btw Glad I purchased the chain pull even if I only used it for the 2 machines . Safe and sound Ez breezy . Worse that happened is I laid on my ember burned me back of arm. Well looks like ill need another 5-10 inches with the distance B/T fridge and power feed with table fully extended to left . Gona move fridge over get rid of boxes in corner . Not given up that fridge or downsizing if I dont hafta . Ok thats about it last to do is wire up plug and plug er in. Check out new machine . Thats it for now ….... Of course the mods will come next . Any 932 owners are welcome to chime in .

Machine looks great! How tall did you make your stand? I've had my 932 working for about a week now. It's way too low. I was thinking of making a stand at least 5" tall maybe as high as 7".

65BAJA said:

Machine looks great! How tall did you make your stand? I've had my 932 working for about a week now. It's way too low. I was thinking of making a stand at least 5" tall maybe as high as 7".

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that's about right on
I went with 3" casters 2" base another inch adjustment. total of 5-6" . Gives me with 41-42 " table Ht .
How do u like machine ? any bugs to work out and Did u have any issues with collets fitting tight in the spindle ?

No issues with collets here. I bought the set from Matt and I have a Jacobs R8 arbor for a drill chuck that fits just fine. I haven't tried the GMT face mill yet though.

Edit: I tried the GMT integrated shank 3" face mill last night. Works fine.

I got my PM932M about a year ago and converted it to CNC. I've had no problems with it. It's a quality piece of equipment.

For info there used to be a link on the Quality Machine Tool web site to a PM932M manual. Just checked, it isn't there anymore. It was much better written than the manufacturer manual and it had good quality color pictures for reference. Ask PM for a copy.

Tom S

Looks like you are almost ready to go! I like the base too, looks nice and solid.

If they collets wont go in, just back out the pin thats in there. Take the end cap off the spindle, (Ring around the spindle) and you will see the screw in the side of the spindle, it just needs unscrewed a little bit until they will fit, no big deal at all. Travis said he talked to you for an hour or so yesterday about the machine and went over things, but check out that link to the manual above if you dont have it already, that should answer anything else you need.

That's the one. Thanks for posting the link.

Tom S

Looks great Kenny. Having a new machine in the shop is always a good thing.

Mike.