Well, we didn't make as much progress as I had hoped. We spent more time catching up with my brother's family when picking up the mill, then again at my sister's house when we dropped off a birthday gift. And as long as we're out we should just stop and get milk (my wife's reasoning), and...
Anyway, the mill is still laying in two parts in the back of her Sequoia. I'll get it unloaded tonight. But I got the lathe and surface grinder cleaned up, all the stuff that gets stashed between them moved out, and the whole area all but polished. Moved the bench in and... realized that I didn't accommodate for the base of the engine hoist to roll into place when putting the machines on top.
Tomorrow I'll check to see if I have screws long enough to jack the whole thing up high enough on the leveling screws for the hoist to roll under. I doubt it. Going to be interesting.
Still tons of work to build and mount the drawers, fill the drawers, etc. And that arched section is going to have a surprise function that will take a while to set up. I'm very excited.
Oh, it turns out my brother had a box of accessories I didn't even know about! Including the clamping kit shown here for scale. But also several end mills, a good size brazed carbide face mill, and even a bunch of steel and aluminum stock, and a basic set of woodturning tools (the lathe was previously there).
My brother is up top, my son directing from the ground. Don't worry, my wife kept him far away when the mill was in the air.
The hoist fit perfectly around the base of the surface grinder.