"Ignoramus17616" wrote in message
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On 2009-08-29, Karl Townsend wrote:


This mill is actually better than my 1 HP step pulley Bridgeport, but
swapping a mill is too much trouble, plus the Bridgeport already has

I'd re think this statement. Move the DRO, should only take an afternoon.

The fact is your wimpy Bridgy will sell faster and and a higher price.
Keep
in mind your main customer is totally new to machining and is going to
buy
something they've heard of.

Then you're stuck with a better machine - big problem.

Karl, I am very tempted. But I do not know how to get this mill off my
trailer, and just swapping the mills is two days of backbreaking
work. I need to move a few things to get the BP out. DRO is at least a
whole full day, if not more. The table on the Wells-Index mill is
longer, so I need a new sensor. My spouse will be very unhappy. But
thoughts about doing this are not going away.

i

Buy yourself a forklift. Then your better half will be mad about that, not
the mill. After everything is moved, let her win and return the forktruck.
Now all you need is somebody to "loan" you a forktruck a few days. Of
course, if this don't work out, I knew nothing about it.

Karl