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What did you go for in the end?

Once again, I too am looking for a new Mill.

After owning the Warco Super Major for about 2 years, I was not impressed.

It was noisy and not all that rigid / capable considering it's size.

I swore next time I'd either go for a smaller Seig type (like Jason's) or go all out for a Bridgeport.

My new workshop is not big enough to support a Bridgeport however.

I'd seriously consider something like that if I weren't concerned about flooding.

Edited By Lee Jones 6 on 30/01/2022 18:17:26

As does Colin Furze, but he doesn't have to wheel his vertical bandsaw and lathe around.

I saw that on Amazon.

It has good reviews, but it does say it's not a wearing (top) layer.

You're supposed to lay other flooring on top of it.

I have seen the No Nonsense stuff, but I don't think it is wear levelling.

Perhaps that and same Epoxy paint might do the trick?

Just moved house and need to convert a prefab garage into a semi-adequate workshop.

The floor is currently concrete and is as rough as a <insert adage here>.

I need to level it to a final wearing surface using as little (value) height as possible.

The surface should be smooth, able to take weight (lathe, mill, etc) and not explode if I weld on it.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Makes sense to me. Thanks for the explanations.

I'll set that up at the same time as installing the DRO which I should be ordering tomorrow.

Hopefully it arrives this side of the festivities.

Lathe arrived today. It's in pretty good condition. All axis moving smoothly, etc.

I did mention the rag. Not sure the advice was accepted or not, but I passed it on in any case.

First thing I did when it arrived was change the gears in the screw cutting gear box (I would feel that they were not properly seated) and slacken off the change gears a little. And guess what, no more noise. Thanks for all your responses chaps.

One further question regarding setting the change gears ...

Howard, you mentioned using a piece of paper. How does that work exactly?

Great info, thanks Ian.

The change gear situation is not ideal, but I guess that's the price we have to pay for a cheap machine.

I'm hoping to get some time on it soon. Hopefully order the DRO set-up in the week.

Looking for a new DRO for a recently purchased M250 (arrives tomorrow).

It's Imperial, but I wish to work in Metric.

I fingered the simplist way to resolve the issue would be to install a DRO.

After having one on my old M300, I'm not sure I'd want to do without now.

I've messaged a few resellers (Machine DRO, BMR and the old EMS International) for quotes.

I've also seen this on The Ali:

See CofC

Looks reasonable. Just like the one I had on my Warco Mill. Good reviews, etc.

What are your thoughts? Any further recommendations that I may have overlooked?

Edited By JasonB on 10/12/2021 20:13:27

Yes, certainly looks like it. I'll pass on all of your concerns when he arrives on Saturday.

Thanks for all the suggestions - I'll put them all to good use when it's in my possession.

That's not me in the video.

I'm from the South and have much prettier hands.

Edited By Lee Jones 6 on 07/12/2021 17:32:45

As usual. Any help would be gratefully received.

Edited By Lee Jones 6 on 07/12/2021 16:38:50

No reply from the website query I made, so I called up Warco.

Ended up speaking to Roger (the owner).

They're going to collect the mill and repair it for me.

Thanks for all your help chaps, I really appreciate it - as always.

I did check that it was Googleable before posting.

Yes, Brizzle is local slang for Bristol.

Sunny Brizzle!

Right. And it's only now, after owning the machine for over a year, that I'm coming to know the machine well.

The clincher is that the warranty is only 12 months.

0.035mm apparently!

Before I knew how serious this was, that was my basic plan.

To lower the head onto some wooden blocks situated on the table.

Loosen the bolts a little, then lift the column up just a small amount to shim.

However, this is now looking pretty bad, so I'll have to obtain some additional muscle and strip it!

Conducted some more tests this morning as per the suggestions.

One side of the table is lower than the other, but only by 0.02mm over the whole length.

The head-raising test using a square was repeated, this time;

• With the square clamped to the table
• Test was conducted at the centre of the tables
• Gibs were locked before each reading taken

Results were roughly the same (0.6mm over the height of the square [~200m,].

So I've emailed Warco to see if they can provide any insight.

I'll post a copy of their QA sheet when I can find a moment to locate it.