Iggy

It look's good, but I was surprised to see the end of the adjustment screws
directly on the concrete rather than on some kind of steel pad.

I would worry that with just the end of the allthread resting on the
concrete and nothing to "spread the load" vibration during operation will
crush the concrete and you wil constantly be re-leveling. It looks like
there was some spalling just from the initial leveling, That may have been
part of the reason it took 45 minutes to level.

Carl Boyd

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Updated pictures here


http://igor.chudov.com/projects/My-B...-Machine-Feet/

I welded those feet that I made, onto the mill's movable base. While
one stud became hard to turn, none became stuck. It was the first one
that I welded. After some thinking, I realized that the decision to
weld along the whole length of the bar, was wrong. I welded the rest,
with four 1" long welds, along where the nuts are attached (most rigid
areas). Remaining ones were not stuck at all.

Then I used a 12" Starrett precision level to level the mill. The
level turned out to be very sensitive. After about 45 minutes, if not
more, I finally got the mill leveled. It was a "step forward, two
steps back" kind of procedure. But finally it worked.

At the end of leveling, I realized that the mill was only standing on
three legs, with the fourth not touching the ground. Very
embarrassing. I then slid a piece of paper inderneath that leg, and
gently lowered that leg to the point where the paper just became
firmly stuck underneath it.

I verified that the mill remained true.

i