New Charter Oak 12Z on the way

I just realize you are in the very same situation I was a few days ago, congratulation for the new mill. I was also looking for the Charter Oak before I purchased mine. It looks great and was interesting the idea of the custom base. Now that I have mine assembled....I think I would like it a little bit higher. I will try it first and see what happens.
As I told you before it is a heavy machine.....I spent two days thinking and wondering and finally I got it in place...it is quite a work!!....but very regarding. Looking forward to see yours on place.
 
Depends on the stand. I built my stand at 28" over all height. The mill alone measures 60-61" above the stand to the top of the motor max z. The table is 9.75" above the stand. I was shooting for about 40" off the floor to the vise for comfort in working.
 
Wow. I'm going to be close to 90" at max extension. I doubt I'll be there very frequently, if ever (maybe a pic for the family album).

This next week or two should be interesting...

EDIT: I may have to make some outriggers for this stand because if they didn't widen it some it may be too narrow for the height of this whole rig.
 
wrmiller19 said:
Wow. I'm going to be close to 90" at max extension. I doubt I'll be there very frequently, if ever (maybe a pic for the family album).

This next week or two should be interesting...

EDIT: I may have to make some outriggers for this stand because if they didn't widen it some it may be too narrow for the height of this whole rig.
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I have heard some tall tales in my time but 90 inches did you misplace a decimal point or something? :yikes:
 
Ooops. 60" of machine height plus 39" of table height.
 
I must say the black paint looks super sharp, most machines tend to have dull or odd colors IMO.
 
wrmiller19 said:
LOL... Fair enough. :lmao:

Not sure how far I'll get (with the setup, pics, etc.) as I'm still a little nervous about a machine this size. I don't have a backhoe or forklift or tractor to lift this thing. Just a 1-ton HF shop crane. So I'm going to get a perspective on the size of this thing and try to figure out how I'm going to get this on it's stand that is taller, +4", than standard. When I asked for the custom height I measured my tool box lower that my PM25 sits on and thought that would be a good height. I've only gotten one pic of this machine from a friend here and I didn't realize just how much bigger this thing is than my 25. You can stop laughing now coolidge... ;)

Anyway, I've had a bunch of personal msgs and post here from people wanting to see this thing. I asked my friend a couple of days ago if I could post a pic of his, but he hasn't responded (he did say he's been busy) so I'm going to post it here just so people can get a perspective. This one is on a short stand so he can reach it from a wheelchair but I think you can get an idea of the size of this thing.

If I can get this thing set up, when I finally do buy that G4003g or PM1340gt it should be a piece of cake. Maybe.

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Greg's mill
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Thank you for your comments on the mill. I have been in research and shopping mode and just started to review the CO mill so it has been very helpful to read and see some additional details. I was curious about this base shown in the picture you posted. Is there another link or source where I could get a better look? Storage is at a premium in my little shop so I would be interested in building storage into the base like this one.
 
Greg built that base himself. I posted that pic just so others could see the machine. I suspect Greg will post more pics as he gets his shop set up. I hope so anyway. :)
 
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