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Old 09-21-2013, 01:36 PM
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Default Re: Mill advice needed

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Originally Posted by FlyingBeagle View Post
Wow, That is a lot of machine. I cant beleive you had to call in a favor to help unload it.
It weighs a ton, literally, and he was more than happy to help, I offered him payment for his services but he refused and said "thats what neighbours are for" (I also buy my granite from him if I need it on a job, so I guess that helped)

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Originally Posted by ihbuilder View Post
Looks like you got a good deal
Yeah I'm really pleased with it so far, got it wired in and started making some chips

Had a spare 7 inch 3 jaw chuck for the lathe so I made an adaptor plate for the rotary table and machined a centering bar on the lathe:



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Stu
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