Making a thumbscrew

The Tree mill was missing a thumbscrew on the table dial lock so I made one.

Thread is 1/4 -28, most of the ones I found online were 1/4-20. Going to use an allen head fastener and press on a knurled ring. Original thumbscrew from the other side.

        Middle size knurl looks about a match to the original

        Knurled a piece of hot rolled round, then face and drill .005 undersize.

           faced drilled and cut off.

  ready to grind off remains of cut

      Pressing ring on, it was pretty tight

    That knurled ring isn't going to come off

          Ready to use

    Made a wooden toolbox to fit on the ram.

Tree 2UVR-C mill

Got me a mill...

 From HGR In Euclid Ohio shipped by Dohrn. I picked it up at the terminal in Omaha.
                                    http://www.hgrinc.com/
                                   Marshall Michaels was the guy
  Tree 2UVR-C's have power feed on X,Y and Z axis and are stiffer than a Bridgeport. The next larger size Tree doesn't have a nodding head. I'm guessing this one was built in the late 60's. There is a Tree user group on Yahoo.


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                     Door 105 inches trailer 103 tight fit

                                  Took some time to get it through

                      Dumped the air ride bags for height clearance

             Need just a little less height, flattening the trailer tires did it.

                      Hard on tires but what you gonna do?

                     Clears the door frame by 1/2"

            Flying 2,300 lbs, pulled to the side so it doesn't destroy the trailer fender.

                     Landed on 3/4 pipes so it will roll.

           Shipped with the head inverted to get the center of gravity lower. A lot of the head gearbox oil ended up in the motor but it seems OK.

                                           Rewire to 240 from 440