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

[matthewsx]

I'm just gonna echo what everyone else here says about Metro carts. Good stuff with the right casters will hold much more than you think. No need to re-invent the wheel so to speak, they will work great with moderately heavy loads if you keep the heaviest stuff on the bottom. Sized right for plastic tubs they make a great storage solution.

Awesome to see the mill in your shop along with the big lathe, you're ready for some serious fabrication....

John

 

[erikmannie]

@Stonebriar

That link to the Uline carts sure did the trick.

Uline was super fast about shipping the cart. I ordered it in the wee hours of Saturday morning, and less than 72 hours later it has been delivered, assembled and filled up. It held everything I wanted it to and then some. Now everything in my garage is either bolted down, weighs over 3000 pounds, or is on wheels.

The plan here is to easily roll that cart out to the side yard when I am performing work (and when I say “work”, I mean “fun”) in the shop.

 

[sr71xjet]

I *had to* bring the stuff in from the sideyard. There are 5 items on wheels (4 bikes + “the tote cart”) that I would almost always *roll out of the garage” to do any welding or machining.

Here is everything organized the best that I could. You will see that the 5 items listed above would be in the way of any work.

The photos are working clockwise around the garage starting at the knee mill.

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The oily flat box on top of the bench mill stand contains 5C collets.

Love the wood tool boxes. Who made those. Gerstner?

 

[erikmannie]

Love the wood tool boxes. Who made those. Gerstner?

Not Gerstner, butI will let you know the next time I get out there.

 

[erikmannie]

I received the $1,788.25 bill from the rigging company!

Say it with me: “It could have been worse!”

They sure did a great job. That delivery was stress free on my part.

 

[erikmannie]

I made a lot of progress today. I just tested all the power feeds, routed those wires, and mounted and tested the DRO. Everything went through without a hitch.

 

[erikmannie]

I still haven’t completely figured out how to use the power feed on the quill. Same issue with the quill fine feed hand wheel.

I can see that it all works as it should, but I just need to figure out exactly how to use it.

 

[Aukai]

One thing that I was not used to from my previous mill was the change of direction from high range to low range. With low range rpm selected the spindle needs to be run in reverse to get proper rotation.

 

[Tipton1965]

I made a lot of progress today. I just tested all the power feeds, routed those wires, and mounted and tested the DRO. Everything went through without a hitch.

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That is quite the handle on your vice.

 

[erikmannie]

I finally had a full day where I was able to work on the knee mill. It took me 6 hours to make this 1” thick, 9 1/2” long & 5” wide plate welding coupon.

I am obviously having some issues with surface finish!