My new toy (pics inside)

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Picured before yous is a combination mill/drill machine. Basically I can drill anything, wood, metal, plastic etc, as well as mill, cut metal as well as anything else. I'm in the midst of still cleaning up the grease and setting it up. I just ordered a 4" milling vise for it and should be here sometime next week. This set me back almost a grand and paid cash for it....up front, best way to pay for anything. I got it here http://www.harborfreighttools.com This thing weighs over 800 lbs and had to rent a engine mount just to get it out of the van and into my garage. It was only 25 bucks for the 1st 4 hrs so it was no big deal. Lemme know whatcha guys think!!

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[THUNDERBIRD 10+ year member]

wow those are huge pics, what are u gonna use that for?

 

[Meka 10+ year member]

Weedeater?

 

[psych0ticnemes1 5,000+ posts]

Weedeater?

lol, was going to say the same thing...

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Yea my weedeater got in the way...I'm running outta room for everything that I own, including in my house. This is gonna be used for small projects in mind. What and who is still "open"....in other words, no one has come up to me and say hey, can you make this for me.

 

[Echo42987 10+ year member]

Very nice toy!

-Nick-

 

[fakename 10+ year member]

looks like a grill

 

[j3bus2k3 5,000+ posts]

Ah...good ol' mill. I worked on one for a year and half at a machine shop for a performance parts manufacturer. Wear some safety glasses and some gloves but that goes without saying

 

[88Vette 10+ year member]

Nice machine!!

Start cranking out those silencers for 9mm handguns....

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[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Or I could make my own ring terminals....hmmm....

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Fired it up for the 1st time yesterday and kept blowing the circuit breaker. Ok....so....the mill pulls 220 volts at 11 amps. The circuit breaker has 15 amps. IMO, that's weak.....prob enough to run household aplliances power tools, etc. Anyone got any ideas as to upgrade it somehow to make it stronger??? I'm no electrician....

 

[ramos 5,000+ posts]

Harbor freight ftw //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I would love a milling machine //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Boomin_tahoe 5,000+ posts]

Ah...good ol' mill. I worked on one for a year and half at a machine shop for a performance parts manufacturer. Wear some safety glasses and some gloves but that goes without saying

Funny thing is, I'm a machinist so wearing safety glasses is an everyday thing for me //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[twistedtrik 10+ year member]

Fired it up for the 1st time yesterday and kept blowing the circuit breaker. Ok....so....the mill pulls 220 volts at 11 amps. The circuit breaker has 15 amps. IMO, that's weak.....prob enough to run household aplliances power tools, etc. Anyone got any ideas as to upgrade it somehow to make it stronger??? I'm no electrician....

The circuit breakers pop out easily. Kill the main power, unhook the wires from the circuit breaker, remove old circuit breaker and replace with a higher amp breaker. Reinstall wiring ( make sure they go back in the same place) and turn main power on.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[geardownson 10+ year member]

Nice machine!!Start cranking out those silencers for 9mm handguns....

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