I got a milling machine! :)

[SomeGuy]

Nothing too fancy, a Craftex CX601 bench top mill but it sure is nice to now have the two main machine shop tools (lathe and mill) in the garage! It was bought used but is in pretty good shape and is a clone of the Grizzly G0704, Precision Matthews PM-30MV, or King KC-20 mills. All of them have slight variations on each other (the PM probably being the nicest) but this one is pretty close.

Anyway, here's the entire process I went through to get it home and setup and walkthrough and cutting:

 

[Weasel]

lol just saw this pop up on youtube and said hey there was a thread on ibb on this then

Not sure can call that used,

 

[SomeGuy]

lol just saw this pop up on youtube and said hey there was a thread on ibb on this then

Not sure can call that used,

LoL funny how that works

Well, it was $1500 less than buying it new at the store....

 

[SomeGuyFromOlympia]

you need to get some projects, shop is way too clean

 

[SomeGuy]

you need to get some projects, shop is way too clean

Just the way I work...I also park two vehicles in there each night, so I always clean up...but even when I've parted out vehicles or other really messy jobs, it still gets cleaned up lol

 

[subybaja]

Nice! Making chips without breaking anything!

 

[SomeGuy]

Nice! Making chips without breaking anything!

Yet :) lol

 

[SomeGuy]

Finally got around to doing the stand upgrade I wanted to on my milling machine:



Pretty solid upgrade

 

[ThePanzerFuhrer]

Did you check to make sure it meets all the specs the manufacturer advertises? I would hate to have it not perform as expected!!

 

[SomeGuy]

Did you check to make sure it meets all the specs the manufacturer advertises? I would hate to have it not perform as expected!!

ehhhh?