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- Dec 22, 2015
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I just picked up my new mill and stand and after getting them unloaded I found the box containing the stand had less than 1/2 the parts in it. The 2 sides and the drip pan were in the box but no front, back, door or bottom shelf. I called the dealer and he will get another one in. In the meantime I have the mill sitting on the floor and want to use it so I made a temporary wooden stand and carefully lifted the mill onto it, bolted it down, cleaned it up then turned it on. No power ...... what? Turns out there is a safety switch in the plastic shield support that prevents start up unless it is closed. Nothing in the owners manual about it though. Minor issue and resolved that. Then I turn it on and there is a serious vibration. I check the belts and one was a little loose. Tighten it up and restart. Same issue. Try a different belt setting and same issue. So I take the belts off the motor and start it again. It's the fricken motor!!!!!! I ran it for a few minutes and no change but the motor got hot so I gave up. Saturday night and I can't use my new mill after all this work and building a temp stand. I'm not happy.
I had a bunch of issues with my recently purchased King 10 x 22 lathe too. I worked through those but it took weeks and many hours of my time. I think I have addressed those issues but there may still be some lurking that I haven't yet discovered.
When I went through the problems with my lathe the dealer looked at me as if I were the problem and said they had sold lots of those lathes and never had any issues. Before buying this mill I asked the question about customer issues with this mill and was told the same thing, lots sold and no issues.
I have lots of other King Industrial machines in my home hobby shop and I have not had issues with any of those, other than the recently purchased metal lathe. No they are not high quality products but they all perform well enough and have not yet given me problems. I really like my 6" jointer. All of those machines have the same style motors on them and they all run smoothly with no heat up issues so I know this motor is a problem.
What to do? Work my way through the issues with this machine, find another manufacturer or get my money back and stick to small milling on my lathe? The only other manufacturer / supplier within a 4 -6 hr drive from here is Busy Bee and I have read many bad things about their products.
Well I guess I'll go out to the shop and do something other than milling.
I had a bunch of issues with my recently purchased King 10 x 22 lathe too. I worked through those but it took weeks and many hours of my time. I think I have addressed those issues but there may still be some lurking that I haven't yet discovered.
When I went through the problems with my lathe the dealer looked at me as if I were the problem and said they had sold lots of those lathes and never had any issues. Before buying this mill I asked the question about customer issues with this mill and was told the same thing, lots sold and no issues.
I have lots of other King Industrial machines in my home hobby shop and I have not had issues with any of those, other than the recently purchased metal lathe. No they are not high quality products but they all perform well enough and have not yet given me problems. I really like my 6" jointer. All of those machines have the same style motors on them and they all run smoothly with no heat up issues so I know this motor is a problem.
What to do? Work my way through the issues with this machine, find another manufacturer or get my money back and stick to small milling on my lathe? The only other manufacturer / supplier within a 4 -6 hr drive from here is Busy Bee and I have read many bad things about their products.
Well I guess I'll go out to the shop and do something other than milling.