+- MetalworkingFun Forum (http://www.metalworkingfun.com)
+-- Forum: Machinery (http://www.metalworkingfun.com/forum-10.html)
+--- Forum: Milling Machines (http://www.metalworkingfun.com/forum-12.html)
+--- Thread: Looking At A Bigger Mill (/thread-2649.html)
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - f350ca - 05-01-2015
(05-01-2015, 05:59 PM)EdK Wrote: I live out in a small town where those types of resources are not available at the drop of a hat so I need plan ahead. The person from Eisen told be I'd need a forklift to unload it from the flat-bed truck it gets delivered on. I'm surprised they would send a full sized mill from California to Minnesota on a flat-bed truck.
Ed
No way to tie it down in a van body ED. Summit refused to ship my lathe in a van for that reason, had to be trapped and chained down on a flat bed.
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - Highpower - 05-02-2015
Yep. ALWAYS secure your load.
![[Image: SecuredLoad.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v82/Highpwr/Smilies/SecuredLoad.jpg)
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - EdK - 05-06-2015
Anybody know anything about Sharp LMV mills?
http://www.machinesused.com/machine_details.cfm?ID=13985
Ed
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - TomG - 05-06-2015
I've heard of them but have no experience with them. Looks like they are still in business.
Sharp Industries
Tom
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - EdK - 05-06-2015
I got a quote from them. Not a bad price at $3950 if the mill is in good shape. They currently sell for about $8000 new.
Ed
[attachment=10658]
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - Mayhem - 05-06-2015
How far is it from you Ed? It is certainly worth a look at I think.
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - TomG - 05-06-2015
Those pics are of a low mileage machine by the looks of the scraping on the ways.
Tom
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - EdK - 05-06-2015
(05-06-2015, 10:24 AM)Mayhem Wrote: How far is it from you Ed? It is certainly worth a look at I think.
It's about 40 miles or so.
Ed
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - EdK - 05-06-2015
(05-06-2015, 11:05 AM)TomG Wrote: Those pics are of a low mileage machine by the looks of the scraping on the ways.
Tom
That's kind of what I thought. The knee ways are supposed to be scraped like that also but the video shows them as being smooth so that concerns me a little. It might still be worth looking at though.
Ed
RE: Looking At A Bigger Mill - PixMan - 05-06-2015
Videos can't always show details like the photos do, it should be fine. I think that's a very nice machine for the money and would jump on it!