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RE: Let's See Your Mill - DaveH - 02-25-2012 John, 626 a very useful milling machine. Did you make the 'rise block' that's a handy addition. And the motor single phase, 3 phase? DaveH RE: Let's See Your Mill - Mayhem - 02-25-2012 Nice looking mill John. I bet that riser does come in handy. Interesting way to store your angle block! RE: Let's See Your Mill - doubleboost - 02-26-2012 (02-25-2012, 02:51 PM)DaveH Wrote: John, Dave The mill is single phase The riser block was made by me It has made a massiv differance to the machine RE: Let's See Your Mill - doubleboost - 02-26-2012 (02-25-2012, 08:30 PM)Mayhem Wrote: Nice looking mill John. I bet that riser does come in handy. Interesting way to store your angle block! The angle block is stored in a safe place now John RE: Let's See Your Mill - Bogstandard - 04-05-2012 John, I would love to fit a riser to my 836, to give me a little more throat when I use my dividing head in the upright position, but my ceiling is only just above the motor top. In fact, I have to tilt the head to nearly level just to get the drawbar out. It was on the cards for me to buy one of those 626's, until someone offered to put some extra cash to what I had, to purchase the next sized mill up. They really are a good all round machine for the price. John RE: Let's See Your Mill - DanH - 04-05-2012 Here's my Enco clone just after mounting it on the stand. [attachment=659] RE: Let's See Your Mill - EdK - 04-05-2012 Dan, Nice stand you've made for your mill. I used those same leveling feet for my lathe. They work very well. For my mill, I made my own using hockey pucks and carriage bolts. Ed RE: Let's See Your Mill - DaveH - 04-05-2012 Dan, Nice mill, your lathe looks similar to mine (and a few others on here) A very clean workshop DaveH RE: Let's See Your Mill - Highpower - 04-05-2012 (04-05-2012, 10:04 AM)DaveH Wrote: A very clean workshop And BIG! I would kill to have that kind of space to work in. Nice job on the mill stand. It certainly looks sturdy enough and then some. Good color match too. RE: Let's See Your Mill - DanH - 04-05-2012 Thanks. The lathe is also from Enco, purchased in Feb. I had the paint color matched for both pieces of equipment and painted them myself. The mill stand is 2x2x.120" tubing with 1/4" plate for the top and shelf's. It weighs 300lbs which makes the mill very stable with the wider footprint. I modified the lathe stand to beef it up and used the same feet. I will post up pictures on each build in the welding section. Dan |