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With the arrival of above zero weather I've begun disassembling my Gorton 8.5D mill. Since I have no shop to work on the parts I've been bringing the parts into my basement for evaluation, cleaning, stripping, and painting.
This is the first time I've torn down the 8.5 and everything about is high quality and well engineered but thankfully much less massive than the corresponding parts on my Gorton 9J mill. This allows me to hand carry individual parts to my basement. I should be able to get everything but the motor, the ram, the knee and the main body into the house. These are just too heavy to carry.
Anyway, here are some pictures of the mill and the parts I have off so far.
![SAM_1184.JPG SAM_1184.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32309-534cbf34f4acbd84d1c1a9e2bdd23553.jpg)
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![SAM_1183.JPG SAM_1183.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32318-fc9a51b593ccd0502003f00f7e554afb.jpg)
This is the first time I've torn down the 8.5 and everything about is high quality and well engineered but thankfully much less massive than the corresponding parts on my Gorton 9J mill. This allows me to hand carry individual parts to my basement. I should be able to get everything but the motor, the ram, the knee and the main body into the house. These are just too heavy to carry.
Anyway, here are some pictures of the mill and the parts I have off so far.
![SAM_1184.JPG SAM_1184.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32309-534cbf34f4acbd84d1c1a9e2bdd23553.jpg)
![SAM_1182.JPG SAM_1182.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32317-be4a35bb0300206c21545a35d63a8bfc.jpg)
![SAM_1181.JPG SAM_1181.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32316-3e4bb238271de37fff7f0c431574f755.jpg)
![SAM_1180.JPG SAM_1180.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32315-ff19fd1e344309967b76c68ef9689d34.jpg)
![SAM_1179.JPG SAM_1179.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32314-5c95c29dca7aa4b5f6b71c254bf47d39.jpg)
![SAM_1178.JPG SAM_1178.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32313-57ed4ad0ded430879ad02c55c6197939.jpg)
![SAM_1177.JPG SAM_1177.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32312-851d25a67f63f0fe3bd254696a9f5cb6.jpg)
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![SAM_1183.JPG SAM_1183.JPG](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/32/32318-fc9a51b593ccd0502003f00f7e554afb.jpg)
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