putting feet on mill?

Rick Do the feet you have look like these;

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 no neat sig line

See if the local rental yard has a "Hydraulic Maintenance & Repair Kit" - e.g. a Hydraulic Jaw of life or spreader beak - that can get under the foot area and push up (You do have wood there) (you could cut a notch out for a point to lift on. It typically has spreader bars that can be against the floor and a lifting point inches above also.

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e.g. one pumps it up - blocks under something to hold if the pump fails - then add footings on that side.

If you have a square object - not a long or wide base - then you have to lift by overhead hoist.

You might go this way with the hand pump - jack up all corners - around and around - blocking and leveling as you get higher and higher. Once up - then put on the feet and jack it up - take out shim and round and round you go down the stair steps of shims that makes the taller stack... until you are out and on the feet.

Not an easy job - hoist or the like is faster and easier. Still block before you work under the floating mill.

Martin [ concept extracted from the brain - not from the shop. ]

Thanks Larry,

I uploaded some pics of the feet to the metalworking.com dropbox.

Here is a closeup of the 1.25" stud (I really haven't measured it, just eyeballing):

Here is a shot of one side of the mill, showing it unhappy resting on wood:

I am going to try your grease and go idea tommorow, along with a large stack of shims....should take me oh, say 4 hours of turning (not much travel on those

Rick

No railroad jack in the area? I love mine for just this sort of thing. Jack up the front until its high enough for the feet, install, lower and repeat on the rear.

Gunner

"In my humble opinion, the petty carping levied against Bush by the Democrats proves again, it is better to have your eye plucked out by an eagle than to be nibbled to death by ducks." - Norman Liebmann

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Martin

The 86A to be exact. Not bad for a $5 yard sale find, no? Its one of my most cherished possessions.

Gunner "In my humble opinion, the petty carping levied against Bush by the Democrats proves again, it is better to have your eye plucked out by an eagle than to be nibbled to death by ducks." - Norman Liebmann

Little late now, but that pic was of a mount without the rubber insert. Adding the rubber insert makes it about an inch or inch and a half taller. Anyway, all mounted and done now!

Rick