Mill
	Update 05/10/07 My original plan was to spend a quiet evening finishing up the initial setup. I attached the way covers and roughly squared the head with a combination square. I then planned to tram the head. My original thought was to chuck my DI post in a collet but the post size is right between two collets. I'll turn a new post when I get some spare time. The desire to make chips was becoming overwhelming so I chucked the post in the Jacobs chuck (I can hear the gasps now...) and using a matched set of 1-2-3 blocks roughly trammed the head. I clamped the vise down and clamped up a piece of scrap aluminum. With a 5/8" four flute end mill spinning merrily I took a light cut resulting in glorious chips! Machining bliss achieved.
	05/08/2007 The big brown truck dropped off 187 pounds of pure machining joy!
	The big box on the bottom of the stack had the column, the head, the controller, and several bags of miscellaneous parts. Everything has a nice coating of light oil and although the box was banged it all appeared to be damage free. I was a little surprised to find the chuck and the tapered shank in plastic bags in the big bag of parts. They appear to be free from damage but I would have expected them to be at least wrapped and packed in a box separate from the wrenches and miscellaneous nuts and bolts.
	The head as shipped. Not too much to do other than a quick wipe down with alcohol. I did find a couple chunks of debris (paint chips and dirt) in the grease on the gears. Those were easily removed and the head was ready to be installed.
	The pile of empty boxes off to a good start.
	The second box only had the table. The table right out of the box, covered in oil. The scale looks strange but that is just a plastic cover.
	The pile grows...
	The last box contained a number of accessories for the mill. In the upper right corner is a set of collets. Directly below the collets is a small set of fly cutters. In the top center is a dividing plate that will work with the rotary table (picture below). To the left of the dividing plate is a clamp set. In the lower left hand corner is a mill vise.
	The rotary table, one of the few items covered in the typical red grease for Asian imports. I'm looking forward to cleaning that one up, yeah, right.
	The final shot of the box pile. That is a lot of packaging. Luckily, it seems to have done its job protecting the parts from the hard knocks in shipping.
	The table components after disassembly and cleaning. All the bearing surfaces received a light coat of grease and then the table was reassembled.
	The column has been attached with a really big nut.
	Several more parts have been added, the head, the control box, the speed control, and the levers for the head. At this point it has been powered up and run up in both the low and high range. The gibs have been adjusted for smooth operation. The way covers still need to be reattached and then it will be time to tram the head. Hopefully the chips will be flying soon.