Thread: thoughts on this mill

Originally Posted by welder

the guy says "It is a 3phase power (240v) it can be coverted to Single phase but we dont know how to do it unfortunately" i will hopefully view it on Saturday what should i look for. also i end up buying it i have no idea how i will move a 1.5 tonne mill with a car rated to tow 1 tonne.

I'd almost bet money it doesn't weigh 1500kg.

Do what i did - dismantle it and take it in pieces.

The bed weighs a bit, remove the ends, take out the leadscrew and slide off the bed with an engine crane. Remove the ram and the head. and if need be, seperate the head/motor from the ram.

I have some photo's of how i did mine? will dig them up and post them up if it helps?

Cheers
Jon

I would go for it, it will last you lifetime if looked after.
Just make sure you give it a good check over before buying it.
As for the power, there are ways around it as others have done.

Dave

Found them.

Excuse the poor quality. Took about 3-4 hours from memory to get it level, setup and back together again.

A good thing about pulling a mill down is you can give it a clean while your their.
Even when I got my new mill I pulled it down and removed the grit that the factory left.

Dave

Jon you're a braver man than I, lifting that table and saddle from the tee slots.

Agree Brian.
I lifted mine with the sling around both ends and a small block of 40x20 pine in the dovetails each corner to save the straps from sharp edges.

Jon
I meant to ask about you engine crane, did the ram pack it in? As I see it laying in the back ground in one of the pictures and the crane has a red ram on it.
There is not much to them inside to rebuild.

Dave

$1500 sounds like a great price! X-mass has come early for you eh welder

Just as a thought have you got an idea of how you will take it apart for transport? Just a tip you can take the head off easier by tilting the head 90deg and cranking the knee up with a few big blocks of wood, after doing that unbolting the head shouldn't be to hard. Tilt the head in the X direction (long ways to the table) I have heard the worm gear on the Y direction (cross ways to the table) have a tendency to break if you move it to far. Have you thought of welding up a Pallet with wheels to make moving easier it shouldn't be to hard make.

Bryan, Dave - That's how the lads removed it and loaded it onto my trailer when I purchased it. My mill is a toy compared to the stuff they normally deal with. If I ever need to move the mill I won't be removing it that way as the T-bolts and the saddle were loaned.

Dave, I thought it had packed it in, it turns out it was low on hydraulic fluid - probably from being stored on it's side under the house for a few years. I now have a spare ram for some other half baked project I'll come up with and fail to finish.

well i had a look at it i didn't straight but it but i bid on it and lost oh well

Why didnt you bid the $1500 you were going to pay for it,why didnt you just buy it.

because my farther didn't want to move it so i couldn't afford $1500 and $500 for moving it so i bid $1000. there will be others hopefully find one next year when i can drive so i can pick it up myself.

Hi Andre,

Bad luck about the mill, but I wouldn't worry, there will be others. I'd say congratulations to you on working out how much you could afford and sticking to the budget.

Regards
Ray

Looks like it is forsale on gumtree.com.

Hafco (Miller) Milling Machine.... BE QUICK, MAKE AN OFFER!!! | Tools | Gumtree Beverly Hills

See what's written at the end of the post on gumtree.

Phone cotnact only, stictly no e-mail enquires. They will be ignored!

I normally ignore people selling like that lol I always thought any communication is good communication but I guess his typing skills aren't that good and really I shouldn't pass comment on that I guess lol.