Setting Up My PM935 Mill

[johnnyc14]

My Bridgeport clone has a bolt threaded into the column that hits a cast step on the backside of the knee at the top of the travel to prevent lifting the knee too high.



I removed the bevel gear from the top of the jack screw. I expect yours will be a little cleaner inside than mine was!!






Then used a scissor jack to lift the knee off the jack screw mechanism and pulled it out of the way from under the knee.





The I lifted the knee up off the dovetail ways with an engine crane, after removing the gib.







I made up a lifting fixture from some 5/8" threaded rod and some nuts and washers assuming the jack lifting point would be the balance point of the knee and it worked out well.