So... I went to L.A and got my new old mill. It was BURIED in seller's garage and we had to detach garage door and remove stiffener to get it out. Had to use a drag chain, pucker factor= 9.75. Good news was it's in a lot better shape than the pics show, and has a power feed. Bad news.. my ground crew of one sucked, tag line not held tight when I picked it up with slings, bumped into forklift mast, not real hard but enough. Wondering if the ways got messed up. Thus, we snapped the right side table control feed (hand wheel) off. It appears to be like a 3/8" stud. Any idea if it's left or right hand thread? Thinking about trying an easy-out to remove the broken stud, but likely would get only one shot at it. Don't want to try it and make it worse. What do you guys think?
Another odd thing Joe, this is the part you might get a good laugh at a knucklehead- I followed your suggestion to remove bolts to rotate head. When I did so, it began to leak oil at about a 20 degree tilt, from behind the slide lever on head, left side of machine, so I stopped and replaced bolts. Does that mean it's simply overfull of oil or perhaps a bad seal? I assume the graduated ring between ram and head is there for a reason and one can operate the mill at an angle?
The seller had a pretty good manual, parts list etc. if anybody would like them uploaded let me know.
For anyone crazy enough to try this move yourself, the shortest forklift mast I could find is at standard door frame height, 82-5/8". Just too tall for std. door. One I had was 87". Also, these mills were equipped with an eyebolt for picking them up, at top/center of ram. In my case it had been replaced with a bolt to mount the arm of the accurite DRO, so I had to sling it under the ram. Weight is approx 2800 lbs. 3/4 ton diesel pick up handled it in the bed. Had all trailer could handle w/ the forklift on it. One heck of a ride home.
Another odd thing Joe, this is the part you might get a good laugh at a knucklehead- I followed your suggestion to remove bolts to rotate head. When I did so, it began to leak oil at about a 20 degree tilt, from behind the slide lever on head, left side of machine, so I stopped and replaced bolts. Does that mean it's simply overfull of oil or perhaps a bad seal? I assume the graduated ring between ram and head is there for a reason and one can operate the mill at an angle?
The seller had a pretty good manual, parts list etc. if anybody would like them uploaded let me know.
For anyone crazy enough to try this move yourself, the shortest forklift mast I could find is at standard door frame height, 82-5/8". Just too tall for std. door. One I had was 87". Also, these mills were equipped with an eyebolt for picking them up, at top/center of ram. In my case it had been replaced with a bolt to mount the arm of the accurite DRO, so I had to sling it under the ram. Weight is approx 2800 lbs. 3/4 ton diesel pick up handled it in the bed. Had all trailer could handle w/ the forklift on it. One heck of a ride home.
