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

[erikmannie]

More pictures, one of which is my buddy taking away the plywood. He was very excited to get free plywood.

 

[erikmannie]

More pictures. They did not move the engine lathe out of the way. They fit the knee mill through the gap.

 

[erikmannie]

More pictures. These pictures are just a little out of order.

 

[erikmannie]

More pictures:

 

[erikmannie]

Last set of pictures:

 

[erikmannie]

I missed being able to watch some of the action because I was messing with the feet that I bought with the machine.

The feet come with the foot, shank, nut and washer. The shank does not thread into the casting. Bolts that would thread into the casting would be about 3/4”.

What I decided to do was to have my dad go buy Grade 8, large diameter washers. I put the casting on top of the washer on top of the smaller washer on top of the nut.

So the machine is just sitting on the large washer, which is of course threaded on the shank. Of course, the shank is threaded into the foot. I can use a cone wrench to level the machine.

 

[erikmannie]

Can anybody please tell me how to rotate up the head? I won’t be getting into the manual until the sun goes down. I feel like I need to organize the garage first; that is one of my favorite things to do.

 

[Aukai]

The 4 bolts on the front of the head must be loosened, and there is a hex head drive gear to rotate the head around. As you crank the drive gear you can help take the weight of the head to help push it around.

 

[DavidR8]

Wow, looks like it went very smoothly.
As an aside, you have acres of room for more tools!

 

[Just for fun]

I'm glad it went smooth. Very cool that they were able to get the mill in without moving the lathe.