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I wanted to protect the drawers from oil and coolant so a few coats of baked automotive clear should do the trick. Plus, I get to cheat just a little when it comes to finishing. lol...






 
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Looks great Terry. I'm always in awe at people who can do wood quality work, that simply amazes me as I'm not that talented.
 
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Thanks Terry, but my comment still stands. I am in awe of people who are good at woodwork, that skill eludes me.
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Took a long time for me to learn how to be decent with it. It's interesting to work in material that has a mind of it's own like wood does. At least I can use the mistakes to keep warm in the winter. :lol_hitti
 
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Painting wood, or rather prepping wood to an acceptable level to paint is not my favorite. Lots of primer and spot putty required but I'm almost there. The plywood inserts will be covered so no need to prime or paint them.





 
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And finally it's green...



Now to mount the slides and get the ATP cut and installed on the sides and the drawer fronts. I'm ready for it to be under the mill.

 
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Thanks Mike! I'm just ready to be done with it.
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I completely understand. I've had projects that seem to drag and I get to the point where I'm tired of working on them and just want them DONE. I get it. It has turned out great though. You will be happy with it each time you see it, that's the benefit. If you had cut corners or done something cheesy to get it done, trust me that would be what you see every time you look at it and you would end up not being happy with it.
 
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I completely understand. I've had projects that seem to drag and I get to the point where I'm tired of working on them and just want them DONE. I get it. It has turned out great though. You will be happy with it each time you see it, that's the benefit. If you had cut corners or done something cheesy to get it done, trust me that would be what you see every time you look at it and you would end up not being happy with it.
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Exactly. Every time I do something for the shop I think about having to look at it for the rest of my life. lol...
 
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Today was the day for the stand and the mill to become one. First order of business was to grunt the stand off my bench. Might need a chiropractor visit or 3 but I got it on the floor.



Used the engine hoist to pluck the mill off the old stand so I could make the swap after positioning and leveling the new stand. All in all a pretty easy swap and I'm pretty happy with the result. I'll be making some collet holders and such but I re-purposed the old collet/chuck/whatever holder by mounting it and the clamping kit etc.. on the plywood storag unitl behind the mill for now.







I cut up some Harbor Freight anti-fatigue mats like I have on the shop floor to line the drawers.

 
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Great stand. Now I can't wait to see what you do with that set of hold downs...

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Great job on the stand Terry. Awesome job on the mill cleanup as well. A word of caution for you on the wooden collet rack. If you have any kind of humidity issues in your shop, the wood will hold enough moisture to cause rust on the OD of the colets. I'd recommend polycarbonate or metal of some type instead.

Oh, BTW - from another woodworker turned metal worker - it's a slippery slope. I now have three welders, plasma cutter, lathe, CNC mill..... and a hell of a lot of tooling.

BTW, if you want to really accessorize that mill, look into a Haimer 3D taster :)

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Great job on the stand Terry. Awesome job on the mill cleanup as well. A word of caution for you on the wooden collet rack. If you have any kind of humidity issues in your shop, the wood will hold enough moisture to cause rust on the OD of the colets. I'd recommend polycarbonate or metal of some type instead.

Oh, BTW - from another woodworker turned metal worker - it's a slippery slope. I now have three welders, plasma cutter, lathe, CNC mill..... and a hell of a lot of tooling.

BTW, if you want to really accessorize that mill, look into a Haimer 3D taster :)

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Thanks Dan! I already have a Hobart mig with spool gun, cold cut saw, welding table etc... I'm on the hunt for a bigger lathe. Just so happens that we are fixing a guy's truck at my work that is a foreman at an engineering place here in town. When we picked up the truck he was showing me around. Row after row of Bridgeports, Okuma and Haas CNC's etc... Then he tells me that they have Bridgeports and lathes in storage that they will sell for a good deal. Anxiously waiting on him to give me a inventory list. :drool:

That Haimer 3D taster is quite a cool piece.

I'm thinking about picking up a PVC board from Lowes and milling some holders from that.
 
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Wow Terry, you did a phenomenal job on that stand. If it wasn't for the leg being proud of the horizontal frame it'd look like 1000% metal project. Very impressive skills bud.
 
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That turned out very nice. I went to the last page and read about the clamp holder being red. Plus I didn't see the pictures of your finished cabinet. I have my settings on 30 posts a page. Anyway after backing up a page and seeing your progress I had in my head to see how the hold down rack would look. I even had to go back and double check the diamond plate. I would have never thought of doing that, even though I like doing the one board look with wood. So now you've got my OCD going and I noticed a green lathe on a black cart right next to your beautiful freshly painted mill and cart. I'm sure you have many other things you need to be doing. Sorry but you got me started.....
 
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Wow Terry, you did a phenomenal job on that stand. If it wasn't for the leg being proud of the horizontal frame it'd look like 1000% metal project. Very impressive skills bud.
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Thanks! I considered flushing out everything on the base but I am partial to those shadow lines whatever the medium.
 
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Great job on the stand Terry. Awesome job on the mill cleanup as well. A word of caution for you on the wooden collet rack. If you have any kind of humidity issues in your shop, the wood will hold enough moisture to cause rust on the OD of the colets. I'd recommend polycarbonate or metal of some type instead.

Oh, BTW - from another woodworker turned metal worker - it's a slippery slope. I now have three welders, plasma cutter, lathe, CNC mill..... and a hell of a lot of tooling.

BTW, if you want to really accessorize that mill, look into a Haimer 3D taster :)
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Point taken. Ran by Lowe's after church and picked up a PVC 1x4x8. Seemed to work out pretty well.



2.5" end risers worked out perfect for the height of the tooling.

 
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I like it, great choice of material. Even a little rust on those collets will cause issues.

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