I recently purchase a large mill at a great price (I will not give too many details at this time due to ongoing discussions - see below). Great condition. Happy camper. Unfortunately the transport company allowed it to fall off the forklift with much damage . Not happy camper!

The machine weighs over 3T and fell from about 1.6m onto the front of the knee then it also hit the table (that was extended all the way to one side) and the front of the vertical head. One of the dials was imbedded into the road by 6"!!

I am now trying to investigate the likely damage and the possibility of fixing it up. I am yet to come to any settlement with the transport company but would like to arm myself with some knowledge before doing so.


  • Every handle got smashed but they are easy enough to replace.
  • It would appear that the knee and cross-slide screws are damaged - not sure whether these will be an off the shelf item or whether I need to factor in the cost of a machinist to make from scratch - either way not cheap.
  • I do not know whether the DRO scales will have survived such a shock (??) and am yet to look at the display (although it was well packaged)
  • I cannot tell yet if the table got tweaked in any way



My main question to ask you would be your thoughts on the likely impact on the ways. The knee would have been slammed into the column ways and at a guess any chips or grit would now be imbedded into the ways? I have no idea on the possible impact on the X & Y ways. Obviously this is all very hard to answer with out pictures etc but as I said above I do not want to give much info until after I have reached a settlement. Just want your thoughts, guestimates or experiences if something similar has happened to your machine.

Scrap or possibly saveable?


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