Smouser
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I finally got my first milling machine (this time I am not blaming @RobCox, he reckons he is blameless anyway)!!!
It is an Elliott TV2 with a slotting head.
I have kind of purchased the machine blind with only a few photos and minimal information from the seller (who estimated that it weighed about 500kg). There is not much information on the net about the TV2 at all.
I did contact @Brad93 who has got the same mill and got a little information from him.
From the photos on the listing, it was hard to judge the size but I thought with an estimated weight of 500kg it can't be that big. The seller was adamant that it would fit on the back of my Ranger.
I set off in my Ranger on a 2.5 hour drive to collect the machine.
When I arrived, I quickly got a tour of the business (Behindbarz) which was eeeerrrr very interesting, to say the least (google at your own peril).
Allegedly business is booming and they can't keep up with demand. I would have never guessed.
Anyway, fair to say, the weight estimation was way off and my size estimation was too.
We got it loaded on the back of my truck with the forklift without any major incidents.
However, things did not look too good. The front wheels were barely on the ground
.
By this stage, I was committed, I travelled the 2.5 hours there, I paid the seller and it had to happen.
I made some adjustments and tried to move some of the weight a little more forward by rotating the arm and moving it forward as far as possible.
This is what I ended up with.
Slightly better but definitely not ideal. As I said, it had to happen so I strapped it up as best I could with all the ratchet straps I had (2 acceleration, 2 x braking, 3 x over the machine).
I drove a little loop on the industrial estate to see how the vehicle handled and to assess if I need to move straps etc.
So far so good!
I set off carefully and made multiple stops along the way to check the straps, calm my nerves and to ensure the Mill stays on the back truck.
At this stage, I did not really have a plan to get the machine off the truck once I got home yet.
Worst case, I would have invited a few unsuspecting friends around (to be fair my friends are actually always suspicious nowadays) so we could strip the machine down and with a combination of manpower and engine hoist get it off the truck.
Alternatively, a tripod or A frame would have had to be built so I could use chain hoist.
However, as luck would have it, as I arrived home my neighbour across the road spotted me (and the machine on the back!) and asked how am I planning to get that monster off the back.
I admitted that I do not currently have a good plan yet. He said, "you need a tractor". I replied, "I saw you with a tractor once dropping something off". He replied, "I have got a tractor on the farm and can offload the machine for you tomorrow".
Best news I had all day!
He arrived the next day and had the machine off within 5 minutes and even brought me a pallet.
It was so quick I did not even get a chance to take a photo while offloading, I only managed to get a fleeting shot of the tractor.
Request from forum members: If anybody has got a manual for this machine I would LOVE to have it.
Failing that, it looks like the vertical head is the same as the ELLIOTT Omnimil 01 & 02 Millers and a manual for those machines will be greatly appreciated.
The base of the machine is similar to the ELLIOTT "MILMOR" TURRET MILLERS, again a manual will be most welcome.
@Brad93 bought the manual for the TV2 on lathes.co.uk but said it had minimal actual information on the machine and it contained mostly marketing blurb.
It is an Elliott TV2 with a slotting head.
I have kind of purchased the machine blind with only a few photos and minimal information from the seller (who estimated that it weighed about 500kg). There is not much information on the net about the TV2 at all.
I did contact @Brad93 who has got the same mill and got a little information from him.
From the photos on the listing, it was hard to judge the size but I thought with an estimated weight of 500kg it can't be that big. The seller was adamant that it would fit on the back of my Ranger.
I set off in my Ranger on a 2.5 hour drive to collect the machine.
When I arrived, I quickly got a tour of the business (Behindbarz) which was eeeerrrr very interesting, to say the least (google at your own peril).
Allegedly business is booming and they can't keep up with demand. I would have never guessed.
Anyway, fair to say, the weight estimation was way off and my size estimation was too.
We got it loaded on the back of my truck with the forklift without any major incidents.
However, things did not look too good. The front wheels were barely on the ground
.By this stage, I was committed, I travelled the 2.5 hours there, I paid the seller and it had to happen.
I made some adjustments and tried to move some of the weight a little more forward by rotating the arm and moving it forward as far as possible.
This is what I ended up with.
Slightly better but definitely not ideal. As I said, it had to happen so I strapped it up as best I could with all the ratchet straps I had (2 acceleration, 2 x braking, 3 x over the machine).
I drove a little loop on the industrial estate to see how the vehicle handled and to assess if I need to move straps etc.
So far so good!
I set off carefully and made multiple stops along the way to check the straps, calm my nerves and to ensure the Mill stays on the back truck.
At this stage, I did not really have a plan to get the machine off the truck once I got home yet.
Worst case, I would have invited a few unsuspecting friends around (to be fair my friends are actually always suspicious nowadays) so we could strip the machine down and with a combination of manpower and engine hoist get it off the truck.
Alternatively, a tripod or A frame would have had to be built so I could use chain hoist.
However, as luck would have it, as I arrived home my neighbour across the road spotted me (and the machine on the back!) and asked how am I planning to get that monster off the back.
I admitted that I do not currently have a good plan yet. He said, "you need a tractor". I replied, "I saw you with a tractor once dropping something off". He replied, "I have got a tractor on the farm and can offload the machine for you tomorrow".
Best news I had all day!
He arrived the next day and had the machine off within 5 minutes and even brought me a pallet.
It was so quick I did not even get a chance to take a photo while offloading, I only managed to get a fleeting shot of the tractor.
Request from forum members: If anybody has got a manual for this machine I would LOVE to have it.
Failing that, it looks like the vertical head is the same as the ELLIOTT Omnimil 01 & 02 Millers and a manual for those machines will be greatly appreciated.
The base of the machine is similar to the ELLIOTT "MILMOR" TURRET MILLERS, again a manual will be most welcome.
@Brad93 bought the manual for the TV2 on lathes.co.uk but said it had minimal actual information on the machine and it contained mostly marketing blurb.
