PM-30MV headed my way!

Please stop picking on us poor Coloradans. We are just simple agrarians, trying to make a living. Now where did I put that king size bag of Chettos? :) Mike
 
Good news, my mill showed up at the freight terminal today. So I'll run down and pick it up in the morning. Evidently there aren't as many McDonald's between here and Denver as we thought! :faint:

Steve
 
Got the mill home this morning and have it somewhat set up. I've been working on a project, and used the new mill to drill some holes. Would have been easier if the chuck I ordered with it had come, but I guess just because something is in stock when you order and pay doesn't mean it's going to be in stock when they ship the machine.

Overall the machine looks pretty nice and runs pretty nice. I did have a rude surprise to discover that the X axis power feed I ordered with the machine hangs down below the chip pan, so you would loose some travel if your machine is mounted on a stand. Since I mounted mine on a tool cart, it won't work at all. Maybe I can space the the mill a few inches higher on the chip pan. I'll have to ponder on that a bit.

Home Depot had a sale on a large tool cart a couple months ago, so I picked one up. I took the casters off and put leveling feet on it. It's rated at 1,000 lbs and I added some 3/8's inch angle iron from side to side under the top, and laminated a new top out of two pieces of 3/4 inch plywood. It's pretty hard to move around all by itself, putting the mill on top makes it really hard to move around! :eek 2:

Anyway, a few pictures:
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Glad it made it! Finally haha

With that X Feed, use the instructions that are in the manual on the web site. It does not hang down and you do not lose any travel.

And can you email me and let me know who you are? (Cant tell by the screen name) matt@precisionmatthews.com

I want to look up your order and find why something did not ship and it was ordered with your machine, thats not how it works.
 
Glad you got yours, Steve!

Mine is supposed to be here on the 29th.

Ohhhh, the anxiety in anticipation...

BTW, looks awesome!!
 
Matt was right on about the power feed, it does fit. It's amazing the things you can learn when you read the manual! (In my defense I did read the manual, but it was 3 months ago and I may have forgotten a few things) :eek:

Steve

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In my line of work I have found manuals are the first thing to look at, especially after you think you know what to do. o_O Now I wish more customers would open there glove box and read the least used book in the world to find the answers to there questions before bringing to me to fix. Enjoy the new mill!
 
I want to look up your order and find why something did not ship and it was ordered with your machine, thats not how it works.

That’s how it worked for me too. My drill chuck did not ship even though ordered with my machine on 3/6 and delivered 6/27. (Invoice 2018-8260.)
 
Matt was right on about the power feed, it does fit. It's amazing the things you can learn when you read the manual! (In my defense I did read the manual, but it was 3 months ago and I may have forgotten a few things) :eek:

Steve

Steve, If you want to rotate the power feed control box back to vertical, as an option you can just remove the chip pan. In my opinion it is severely undersize and you may find it not that practical in the end. Just throwing out there as and option for you. She is a beauty, happy machining.
 
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