Bought my first mill over the weekend.

[Shadowdog500]

Last weekend I was buying a lathe and the guy offered to sell me the Rockwell mill that was sitting next to it for $650. This is my first mill and the size is perfect for my shop. It came with the vise, collets, and a small assortment of tooling.

Im I sure I'll have a ton of questions once I get it set up this weekend.


Chris

 

[Earl]

Nice machine. I had the opportunity to buy one about a year ago but the owner wanted it more than I did. He was asking over a thoushand for his. I went and looked at it and was impressed with everything except the price. I went home and thought about it for a while and called him back to offer $800. It was already sold!!!
The big question as to whether you got a good deal or not is "does the power feed work" if not, then "is the power feed complete?" I have a friend in the mid-west that has one. Getting parts is difficult - especially if you need power feed parts.
I agree that it is a perfect size for a small shop. I ended up with a Grizzly g 0695. about the same size.
Have fun with yours.

Earl

 

[stevecmo]

Very nice score! :thumbsup:

In my opinion you stole it at that price, even if it didn't have power feed. The RW and Clausing mills are hard to find.

 

[SEK_22Hornet]

I'm jealous - machines are hard to find and expensive when they do show up around here. Great find!

 

[mattthemuppet2]

sweet mill, congratulations! Looks perfect for a home shop and you got a bunch of useful stuff with it too.

 

[Trek]

How much did that weigh and how did you get it home?? Very nice deal.

 

[chuckorlando]

Nice buy

 

[Kevinb71]

And so the dreaded(not really) tool affliction spreads to another victim!:roflmao:

 

[nickmckinney]

Is that the 8x30 table version? If so I have the Taiwan knock off, its a perfect garage size IMHO. About the smallest size you can get with a real knee.

 

[Shadowdog500]

How much did that weigh and how did you get it home?? Very nice deal.

The manual I found says it weighs about 750lb.

I moved the table all the way down and back to get the CG low and back. Then I pulled the head out enough to clear the colum and inverted it to lower the CG. I also put 4 25lb shot bags on the back of the base to level the load when I lifted it. I picked it up with my cherry picker with a 3' sling wrapped twice around the ram, and put it on my 4'x8' utility trailer.

I lag bolted it to the bed of the trailer and attached 5 heavy duty ratcheting straps to keep it from moving. the mill was easy compared to the lathe.

i was so busy moving the mill and lathe in 2 trips that I didn't have time to take a single photo.

here is a picture of it being place in position in my shop. You can see how I slinger and lifted it.

Chris