Which Milling machine and what is its footprint?

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

Happy days!! Its here.

The weather was good and I was able to prepare a lifting beam (for installing tomorrow) before the machine arrived, then I unpacked it, took off the extremities and slid it off onto a useful trolley. It rode the ramp easily, with a pull from my son, and looks great on the floor, clearly filling the gap that three or four men would have used to pick it up.

I have some gripes with Warco who seem to get their part numbers mixed up and don't know what poly bags are for, but that aside the machine looks fabulous, even if its cover interlock doesn't work and the motor rattles (? Did the demo one do that??)

I am still very pleased and looking forward to tomorrow.

I have photos!

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

Here is the ramp, the drive slopes up to the door, it was a surprise to see how steep it is.

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

The text is misbehaving so I shall keep it simple.

The machine was shipped in a box with the loose items distributed in it and some big stuff on top.

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

I also got a small selection of bits and liquids to get me going.

I ordered a nice vice, but there was an issue with it, so Warco have sent the jaws back and I bought a discounted "rough work" vice to keep me going. I probably should have bought a larger, cheaper one, but it looks OK.

We will see what happens when I get it all back together.

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

Hi guys.

I have been poorly over the last few weeks so sorry for the delay posting the second stage of the installation.

Having set up the crane I conscripted my son to help out. We pulled it up, got it on the bench, then pulled it back and forth to mark out the holes. The linseed oil for the wooden worktop was an ideal lubricant to pull the tray about with the machine on top, a bit stick-slippy but easy for one to do. Its now in its permanent position, just waiting for a bit of sealant to keep the oil in the tray and to be torqued down and it will be good to go.

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

[Roger BestParticipant @rogerbest89007]

The last piccy shows the chunky construction of this particular machine. Its pretty hefty for something that fits on a narrow bench. Its also nice and quiet, although it has an interesting "tick" from the spindle that I want to track down. You will also note that there are no covers on the position encoders. Those jobs are for another post.

It isn't even installed yet and I am very enamoured. This is the same machine used by "ADES WORKSHOP" and in Precision Mathews form "Blondihacks", with nice results, so I am sure it will do for me.

Thank you for all the help. I am sure that the small area shown and the tight fit justifies this thread and your advice was very useful. I hope that it will be a good record of the practical issues for other newbies like me.

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