{"id":5012,"date":"2024-07-21T01:18:08","date_gmt":"2024-07-21T05:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T11:26:10","slug":"a-milling-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.woodcentral.com\/-\/a-milling-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"A milling machine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Alan Young<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I retired from the University of Michigan in Spring of 2021. I spent over 20 years running a small machine shop with a drill press, lathe, Bandsaw, and 49″ Bridgeport Milling Machine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This past winter the entire shop was shut down but a friend from work had me come back to “Say Farewell” to the Bridgeport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well life has its happy surprises.. I was just able to purchase a used benchtop milling machine from a local high School. At first I thought the sale was because they were closing their program down- instead they were expanding their program by adding several full size Clauson Milling Machines-so they had to sell 8 benchtop Mills to make room for the full size machines. This is the machine that I bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was able to move the mill using a friend’s truck with a liftgate. We did have to remove the Mill from its stand because the door opening of the truck was 1 inch too small. But having the mill on the floor of the truck made for a more stable move. I’m sorry I don’t have ANY pictures of the moving process but the young man who helped me load the machine was terrific …Even more so were three neighbors that showed up at the drop of a hat and “Egyptianized” the move from the truck and up onto the base with a crowbar some two by fours and two long steel bars left over from a UNISAW fence.  It was a great committee of three friends that thought way faster and clearer than me. I am VERY thankful for the dedicated and skillful job they did getting the milling machine into my outbuilding. We were too busy to take photographs but the machine arrived off of its base and is now happily assembled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Most of my woodworking machinery is in the basement of my home-But in the last few years we have restored an out building in our backyard and this is where the Smithy Milly machine I just purchased now resides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I look forward to being able to do some metal working projects now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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