Hi All,
Well, it's in large pieces, but the mill is in the garage. I ended removing the head from the ram, and the knee/saddle/table assembly from the base to give me three easier to handle pieces. Because I have a quantity of the heavy ratcheting straps, I used lifting rings and left the straps on the parts. Makes things a lot easier when getting ready to put it back together.
This week I'll clear out the space the mill will live in, and work on getting the base into it's desired location. Given my work and home schedule, that'll probably take the entire week to accomplish. :/ At least on Sunday this weekend, my brother is coming up to help me get the mill re-assembled. Which will be nice because things always come apart easily, getting them back together is much more fuss. At least I'll have the opportunity to thoroughly clean the machine, though I know it'll need adjusted and trammed once it's in place and leveled.
Some questions - (and yep, I'm gonna google and youtube search on these later this evening, so I may answer them on my own)
The mill has two 3 phase motors on it. One for the spindle (2hp), and one for the X axis power feed (??? hp) The X axis motor uses a 3 phase step down transformer from 240 to 120V, fed by the incoming mains. I'd rather not use an RPC for the machine, and static converters don't really thrill me because of the loss of power once the motor is running. So it looks like a pair of VFD's, one 2hp unit for the head, another (probably 1/3-1/2hp) for the X axis. I haven't been able to read the motor plate on the X axis, can another Cincinnati own help out there?
I have the parts and service manual for my mill, but it doesn't cover any of the basic operations, such as how to use the power downfeed on the quill. I'm pretty sure I can figure it out once the machine is powered, but even sitting unpowered, I can't get the quill fine-feed to engage. It looks like the previous owner was into the feed housing, so I may table that until the mill is re-assembled and I have time to mess with it. Might require digging into the power feed housing and seeing if it was mis-assembled or missing parts.
How exactly does the 40 taper unlock on these machines? I'd prefer to know before I go Gorilla-Torquing anything trying to pop it loose. The manual doesn't even touch on that.
I'm sure I'll have more questions as I get further along in making this machine run again.