I've always liked Fridays but this one is one of my fav's!

[Tipton1965]

These arrived today. PM-833TV and the stand. I thought for sure there would have been a little damage coming all the way from the East coast to the West coast but everything looks good. I paid for the lift gate but when the driver saw that I had a front end loader we just loaded it into the bucket and drove it into my shop.

 

[BladesIIB]

Congrats! Nice looking mill.

 

[nighthawkFmobil]

Looks good. Spinning my wheels in mill directions constantly. Even though I'll probably want a few. Analysis paralysis is near.

 

[Tipton1965]

Made good use of the crates.

 

[NCjeeper]

Best kind of Fridays when machines come!

 

[DavidR8]

New Machine Day! Woohoo!
Looks great, congratulations

 

[brino]

Happy Friday indeed!

Congratulations.

-brino

 

[Tipton1965]

So I definitely need to raise the stand up five or six inches. Has anyone ever formed up and poured a 5.5" tall concrete base to set their stand on? I was thinking I could put plastic down on my existing concrete and pour the base on top in case I ever wanted to remove it.

 

[mmcmdl]

Made good use of the crates.

Two thumbs up from me . One for the mill , one for the fire .

 

[Tozguy]

Your cement floor looks to be nice and smooth in the photos. Maybe just use shoe polish wax instead of the plastic as a potential release agent. The edge of the plastic sticking out would not look so good to me.
Also consider topping the new cement pad with a layer of self leveling cement.
I imagine that you have already thought of anchor bolts.