Shop Infrastructure - Milling Machine Stand Upgrade!

[@sueg2658]

Nice! I came over from Adam Savage’s channel. Thanks for sharing.

[@SomeGuysGarage]

Glad you found it! Thanks for stopping in :)

[@joebonomono]

Same

[@SomeGuysGarage]

@@joebonomono right on :) If you guys have any questions or want to see anything else or any suggestions even, I'm all ears!

[@robertoswalt319]

Nice stand. I have a similar mill and discovered that it was too low for me to use for long periods of time. My solution was to make a simple platform that raised it up an additional 8 8nches or so. That made a huge difference and my back thanks me.

[@SomeGuysGarage]

That's a great point I didn't even think of, I did find the controls on the low side!

[@Iseekoutthetruth]

You Are A very Creative Guy. Looks Great.

[@SomeGuysGarage]

Much appreciated, have seen you checked out a bunch of my videos, glad you're enjoying!

[@Iseekoutthetruth]

@@SomeGuysGarage I Sub'D Also.

[@SomeGuysGarage]

@@Iseekoutthetruthawesome :) thanks! if there's ever anything you want to see, let me know!

[@ronin2167]

What size welding wire did you use?

[@SomeGuysGarage]

Just usual .030 mig wire for this stand. It is the best all around size, you'd want .023 if you were always doing sheet metal and .035 if you were always doing plate like 1/4" or thicker...but .030 is kind of a sweet spot in the middle from 18-20ish gauge up to 1/4".

[@timstevens3361]

what is x travel ?

[@SomeGuysGarage]

As mentioned, something around 23-24 inches

[@timstevens3361]

@@SomeGuysGarage ok thankyou the busy bee catalogue says 16 inches x travel tho

[@SomeGuysGarage]

@@timstevens3361 Same model? It's definitely way more than that on my cx-601