My PM45M-PDF

[darkzero]

I'm new here & I'm liking it here so far so I plan to stick around for a while if you'll have me. I didn't do the introduction thing so I'll consider this post as it.

Found this place after I just got a new mill of my own. The only vertical mills I have used are Bridgeports at the local college & I'm excited to have my own now. It's a PM45M with power down feed. Just got it standing this past Friday.

As usual Matt's great to deal with & he hooked my up with some extras.

Some other stuff from GMT & Bison/TMX

The riser & built for it.

Here it is standing next to my PM1236 that I got in 2009.

Thanks for looking.

Will

 

[Blackhawk]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

That's a real nice setup you have, that is a much nicer looking mill than my dm-45.
rob

 

[Ray C]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

Hi. Welcome...

I've got the same mill and like it a lot. It's served me well in the last couple years. I'd suggest that after a couple months, change the oil in the gearbox. Sometimes the sand comes out of the castings and flushing it out is a good thing to do. I presume you got it from Matt and he recommends 68 or 100 ISO hydraulic oil which is what I use.

Ray

 

[tripletap3]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

Congrats on the mill and glad to have you here. I have enjoyed your PM1236 posts on the CP forum while I have been waiting on a PM1236. It's been almost a year but it is in and is supposed to ship from QMT next week. I was getting ready to order the same PM45 when I came across a steal on Craigslist for a older knee mill that looks like the grizzly G0730.

 

[OakRidgeGuy]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

My next mill will be more than likely one of those as well..

 

[tripletap3]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

My next mill will be more than likely one of those as well..

Did you ever look at that post about the Starrett level? If you wanted to try to fix it I will give it to you.

 

[OakRidgeGuy]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

Sent a PM to ya.

 

[darkzero]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

Thanks everyone!

Hi. Welcome...

I've got the same mill and like it a lot. It's served me well in the last couple years. I'd suggest that after a couple months, change the oil in the gearbox. Sometimes the sand comes out of the castings and flushing it out is a good thing to do. I presume you got it from Matt and he recommends 68 or 100 ISO hydraulic oil which is what I use.

Ray

Thanks for the info Ray. Like my lathe, I will be changing the oil after running through each gear for 10 mins or so. I'll probabaly do that this weekend. I'll be using Mobil DTE ISO 68 as well as I still have a couple of gallons left. Do you remember roughly how much oil it holds?

Congrats on the mill and glad to have you here. I have enjoyed your PM1236 posts on the CP forum while I have been waiting on a PM1236. It's been almost a year but it is in and is supposed to ship from QMT next week. I was getting ready to order the same PM45 when I came across a steal on Craigslist for a older knee mill that looks like the grizzly G0730.

Thanks! If there's any info/details I can help with the lathe I'll be more than happy to.

 

[OakRidgeGuy]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

Question, how do you feel about the quality of the table that came with the lathe?

 

[darkzero]

Re: My First Mill - PM45M-PDF

Question, how do you feel about the quality of the table that came with the lathe?

Not sure what you mean, were you talking about the stand & chip pan for the lathe or the compound slide table for the mill?