Bringing a PM-1054TV-3PH into my Garage

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They are family.
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And here is my youngest daughter. This photo is pre-earache Daisy fully primped on her first birthday. She has yet to celebrate her second birthday.

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She is not allowed in the garage due to metal chips.
 
Fancy, nice looking pup. I haven't been in the garage for two weeks, my wife showed me a spring chip. How'd this get in here??? The dog..... :rolleyes:
 
I set my alarm for 5:40 AM this morning. I immediately called Precision Matthews to pay the balance (I am on the West Coast). That is a lot of money to spend in a single phone call, but I plan to enjoy this knee mill for the rest of my life.

If I live for 25 more years, this knee mill will have cost me $14.23/week to own. I remember being in school on the knee mills, thinking to myself “Someday I will have one of these at my house.”

Precision Matthews does a *very* good job. Even though I didn’t ask, John went out to check that the machine was all palleted up and ready to ship out, which it was.

Again, even though I didn’t ask, PM emailed me a digital copy of the paid invoice, and, more importantly, a PRO number. The freight company is YRC.

I know that I posted this a lot, but this is the fourth machine that I bought from Precision Matthews, not to mention a half dozen other “non-machine” orders. PM has not made a single mistake with anything.
 
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I still need to research & obtain spindle oil, etc. I better hurry up with that.

I also need to make or buy a fixture to attach a CXA toolpost to the mill table so that I can hook my Sky Hook tool post crane on the mill table in order to lift my big vise up on the table.

Here is a picture of AXA and CXA bolt down adapters:

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I bought 8 (5/8” table slot width, 1/2-13 tpi tapped) T-slot nuts from Zoro, as well as the CXA bolt down adapter pictured above.

Why am I talking about a CXA adapter for my milling machine? Because my tool post crane was purchased for use on a lathe which has a CXA tool post.

I called the rigging company this morning, and they were able to schedule the delivery for the first day of my vacation (which is a Monday). This will allow 10 calendar days for the pallet to travel from coast to coast.

If the timing above works out, I will have 7 days to work on the knee mill without being interrupted by work.

What do you guys think I might be missing in order to get to the point where I’m making chips?

I have:

(1) a good amount of tooling that will be shared with the PM-25MV (also uses R8 collets),

(2) an 8” milling machine vise,

(3) an RPC with a 20A breaker, 6’ of 4/4 SOOW cable with the male 20A receptacle that matches the dedicated female receptacle in the RPC,

(4) I still need to research about the spindle oil, etc. I have plenty of Mobil Vactra #2 for the one-shot lube system,

(5) a T-slot cleaner that I made in school two years ago,

(5) a DTI and an El Cheapo adapter to fit the DTI into a collet. This is for trammeling.
 
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I wonder if it would be wise to buy this lubrication kit. As you can see in the description, this is for a Bridgeport. I wonder if I can assume that a Precision Matthews knee mill would require the exact same fluids.

Lubricants

Spindle Oil, Aluminum Cutting Fluid, and Other Industrial Lubricants\r\nThere are many different jobs and projects that require industrial lubricant to properly get the job done. Choosing the right industrial lubricant is essential to function and safety.
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EDIT: I bought it.
 
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Check online for the manual and the lubrication requirements. I go through a lot of way oil being close to the ocean, I have to coat everything to TRY to stay ahead of the rust. Amazon, or Ebay free shipping for the name brand you like, I use Mobile in a 5 gal bucket.
 
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