Rick
Do the feet you have look like these;
http://www.mjvail.com/barrymount/barrypage3.htm
If so then you use the 1.25" threaded stud to set the height of the machine
and coarse level. The 5/8" bolt screws into the 'hat' on the mount and
expands the mount to do the final leveling. Take the 5/8" bolt and grind
the end of it till it is flat or slightly convex and grease it well before
installing it in the foot. If you don't grind and grease then the bolt may
gall to the mount, experience speaking here. Do not expand the foot more
that ~3/8" as it may separate. The 5/8" bolt must be tight to the bottom of
the mount or it is not correct and may move/settle a bit.
The mfg site is http://www.barrycontrols.com/ and your looking for leveling
mount information. I'm guessing that you have LM5 mounts or equivalent from
another mfg.

As far as raising the mill, use the 1.25" studs. Don't they screw in from
the top? Raise the mill on the front end by screwing the studs into the
base, grease 'um good, and onto the 2 by. When the front is off of the 2 by
then shim up under the base behind the studs, back off the studs to release
the 2 by and install the mounts on the front. Now raise the front pretty
high so that you can get a spacer/pivot under the base, near the back, lower
the front so that it rocks over to the front lifting the back and remove the
rear 2 by and install the rear mounts. Use all 4 feet to raise the machine
off the pivot. Set to height with the studs, and level with the mounts.
lg
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"Rick" wrote in message
...
I am finally too embarrassed with the 2x6 wood pieces my Shizuoka B-3V
bedmill
has been resting on since it was delivered...oh, only two years ago! :-o

I have 4 feet that came with the mill, each is a steel cup thing with a
hard
rubbery insert. The steel cup is threaded for a 5/8" bolt. The mill has
these
~1.25" threaded studs with a through hole for the 5/8" bolt. I am
assuming you
turn the studs to level the machine and the 5/8" bolt is just to keep the
mill
from slipping off the feet?

Ok, so uhm, how do I raise the 3.5 ton mill to get the feet on? I see a
way to
do it by going back and forth with shims and the leveling studs, but
uhg...

Also, once the feet are on, what procedure should I use to level the
machine. I
read somewhere that you can tweak the feet on a mill to get that last
little bit
of accuracy. Should I worry about that or just get the machine level with
the
earth?


Thanks

Rick