(I wrote this Thursday but never posted it.) I was recently shoved into the world of cs milling, going from having most of the material floating around to churning out beams in 4 days but only 8-10 hours of prep time. It started mid Tuesday afternoon when I was told, "Hey, so-and-so might want you to mill out a few beams for him soon." "Ok." Two minutes later I get a call, "Hey, so-and-so would like you to mill a few beams for him in the next day or two." So, after going into town for a few hours, I get back, drag out my mill, get a well-used bar I don't mind drilling up, grabbed 5 rocked chains, and took them all down to the shop before I went out and bought a chain grinder off of a buddy. I built a base for the grinder and trashed a handful of bits trying to drill holes in the bar before calling it a night at 12:20 a.m. Then, I get a text saying I'm going to work tomorrow (I don't work full-time yet). So, off to work I go! While my day went quite poorly someone else picked up a grinding wheel and a carbide bit for me. Once I got back I ground the chains to a milling profile (thanks for the tips thread @BobL ! It saved my bacon!) and drilled out the bar to fit on the mill, finishing at 11:30 p.m. Today, I got to the job, mounted the 395 on the mill, and proceeded to "fake it till you make it". I watched/helped a friend mill once before so I wasn't clueless, but there is still a learning curve. Anyways, it went pretty well till I lost the guy on the helper handle and had to mill the last two cuts solo. All in all, it went pretty well, I found my lost scrench, and nobody got hurt so I'll count it as a success.
Day 2 (Friday): The guy I'm doing the milling for/with made a rail system for the mill last night, so things went way faster today. Plus, he took the pictures today so they'll actually look good! The rails enabled us to get as much done in 2.5 hours as we accomplished in all of yesterday. We finished up the beams and even had time to mill him up a bathroom countertop. I'll try to post up the vids he sent me tomorrow, but I'll be running around like a chicken with my head cut off for the next few days.
Day 2 (Friday): The guy I'm doing the milling for/with made a rail system for the mill last night, so things went way faster today. Plus, he took the pictures today so they'll actually look good! The rails enabled us to get as much done in 2.5 hours as we accomplished in all of yesterday. We finished up the beams and even had time to mill him up a bathroom countertop. I'll try to post up the vids he sent me tomorrow, but I'll be running around like a chicken with my head cut off for the next few days.