Before we did any finish cuts, we decided it was time to check the mill out to see how it was set up, correct anything detrimental to accuracy and give it a clean up.
Vise was taken off, and disassembled. Cleaned out all the piles of chips and dried up oil. Same for the mill table, it was loaded with goo and metal. Cleaned the ways. Checked for dings and divots, didn't find any.
I have to give the student credit who tackled this job, it was quite a mess. We will have to make some rules from now on that clean up at the end of the day will be mandatory.
Put an indicator on the spindle and checked for runout. It read a needle-width maybe .0002, and no noticeable play. Good I'd say for not having any spindle lube for several years before I got there. We were just getting to mounting an indicator to tram the table and ran out of time.
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