I have had my mill sitting on the floor shimmed for the past 5 months and decided to get the mill up off the floor. This is what I came up with
It improved the stability significantly. I never tried shimming it , I wanted to get it up off the floor thoughLooks good. I've been tossing up with just shimming my Bridgeport clone or going with the flat bar and adjustable feet. Were you having any issues with your mill being shimmed up that you ended up going this route ?. TIA
I used 1 inch thick by 3 inch wide steel bars. I don’t notice any bendingI am sure if you look the flat bars are curved from the weight.
In the day when we leveled a manual machine we use steel wedges pounded under the bed to level the machine then grouted the base.....
I used the same. Looked up some engineering calculations and deflection is a non-issue.I used 1 inch thick by 3 inch wide steel bars. I don’t notice any bending