I just moved, and am setting up my home shop again. I know it's important to level a lathe, and I spent quite a while with a precision level fussing over the placement of my Emco Maier Super 11. Fortunately, it has leveling screws, so it just requires a wrench & some patience to get it dead nuts.
My Clausing milling machine doesn't have leveling screws on the feet, and I'm just shimming it. This is a good bit more tedious, and requires at least two people; one to tilt the machine & another to slip the shims in & out. I've got it reasonably level (a thousandth or two in 10") and I'm assuming that is plenty good enough. I was just wondering if there is mystical reason why a mill really needs to be particularly level, or is it only necessary to make sure taps & drills bits don't roll off the table too fast?
Thanks!
Doug White