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Another new PM32PDF mill
I've been looking around at used mills for a while and couldn't find anything I wanted. I did a lot of research and came to the conclusion that the PM32 was what I wanted. Matt had the machine in stock and he also took care of the shipping and border crossing duty fees for a very reasonable amount. Once shipped it was to my door in 4 days. I picked up the machine at a local freight depot and found that there were 2 crates stacked one on top of the other. I had to visit my buddy Darcy (Mitsue) and we used his gantry crane to lift the top crate containing the stand onto my trailer. Then I went home and used my engine crane to lift the stand off the trailer and the machine off the back of my pickup after I removed the crate material from around them. I built a simple base for the stand to widen the footprint and allow easy leveling and movement. I made sure to keep it narrow enough so it would still fit between the legs of my engine stand. I've spent the last 2 days getting all this done and doing some re-arranging in my garage to make the room for it. Here's some pics.
I've been looking around at used mills for a while and couldn't find anything I wanted. I did a lot of research and came to the conclusion that the PM32 was what I wanted. Matt had the machine in stock and he also took care of the shipping and border crossing duty fees for a very reasonable amount. Once shipped it was to my door in 4 days. I picked up the machine at a local freight depot and found that there were 2 crates stacked one on top of the other. I had to visit my buddy Darcy (Mitsue) and we used his gantry crane to lift the top crate containing the stand onto my trailer. Then I went home and used my engine crane to lift the stand off the trailer and the machine off the back of my pickup after I removed the crate material from around them. I built a simple base for the stand to widen the footprint and allow easy leveling and movement. I made sure to keep it narrow enough so it would still fit between the legs of my engine stand. I've spent the last 2 days getting all this done and doing some re-arranging in my garage to make the room for it. Here's some pics.