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| lchris21:
Hi All, Just some pics on a small Boxford VM30 mill I rescued last year. Its a quick make over compared to some of the fantastic projects on the forum :bow: Anyway here goes...... Was looking for a small compact mill with a bit of rigidity and came accross a fairly cheap, slightly neglected, ex school 3 phase VM30 on our favourite money pit...ebay !!. When it turned up it was covered in various shades of hammerite paint and had been stuck in high gear milling wood for most of its life. The high/low range selector was stuck in place with PVA glue, and there was wood packed into all the slides. First job was strip down and clean... |
| lchris21:
next job was to get the plasma and grinder out and set about the base..... I have very little real estate in my workshop/garage so wanted to shave a few mm off the footprint... |
| lchris21:
skip forward a bit and after a good clean, rub down, and scrape I started the re-assembly...... |
| lchris21:
then onto the electrics. had to convert the motor to delta from its star config by opening it up and fishing out the connections. this then allowed the use of the VFD I bought. then it made some swarf !!! |
| Meldonmech:
Looking good in its new livery. Well done Cheers David |
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