Nice machine... I was looking at that one until I watched several videos with others that bought the PM-728VT. Even though it's a substantial increase in price, it seems like it's worth it. But I'd gladly take the machine you have if I couldn't have afforded the more expensive option. Glad PM made things right for you... Everything I've seen about them, says their customer service is excellent. I've had several informative and enjoyable conversations with PM people. Answered all my questions and I feel like they're worth trusting for a relatively expensive purchase. Enjoy your new machine and I hope you're getting a lot of good use out of it!
Good perseverance. You should have just clipped the wires on that probe, threaded it through, then reconnected. Would have save lots of time!, Love Papa
Nice starter machine man! If you ever have any questions on tooling for it don’t hesitate to reach out as I’m a full time machinist. Keep working hard and using the talents God gave you 🤙🏻
It's a great machine, I love mine! (enough that I just ordered the matching lathe!). Some suggestions... ditch the rotating base for the vice. You're going to need the height and you'll likely never use it. If you didn't order a jacob's chuck yet, get the shortest one you can find. The machine doesn't have a ton of vertical height and if you keep that rotating base for the vice, you'll never be able to use any jacob's chuck. Lastly, I suggest you replace the lever handles on the x-axis locks. They suck and you're going to end up hitting them on the y-axis constantly. I replaced mine with round knobs and it's WAY better and they don't hit the table when you move the Y.
Both my PM25 mill and PM1022 arrived not working. Mill was fixed pretty quickly but the lathe took 4 months. PM"s boards are crap. Order an extra set right away. Another joy with PM is they change designs on boards all the time. Your experience with them mirrors mine with the lathe. When one fix didn't work they just sent a different part. Will never buy one of their products again.
Jeez man they screwed you over, those things are plug and play. You shouldn't have dad to do ANY of that. You would have been better off buying a used Bridgeport.
This machine is more accurate thatn a used Bridgeport if the small table limitation of it meet your needs. Unless you live in an old industrial area of the country it’s hard to find a good knee mill especially one that is tight.
He did the right thing by buying this machine over a used Bridgeport. You never know what you’re getting yourself into with those machines unless you’re a machinist and can check to make sure the machines good and even then you can’t see inside the head and can’t make sure the ways aren’t crapped out on the dovetails. Good thing PM made it right though. Their Chinese machines seem to have a lot of issues but I’ve heard very good things about their Taiwanese made machines. I know people who have a few and they have had 0 problems with them. If you ever upgrade you machine Drew, make sure it’s a made in Taiwan machine, trust me.
@@shawnmurray5452 and @TobaccoTooling He absolutely did the right thing!! Used Bridgeport's are often pretty roached and not worth it unless you're up for totally rebuilding it, or having one of the handful of top notch machine tool builders completely rebuild the thing, but even then, you're talking a boat load of money. About to pull the trigger on a PM-728VT. Taiwanese made, "Precision" benchtop machine. Don't have 3-phase in my suburban neighborhood (though a PWM control would solve that), but most importantly, I don't have the space for one AND my workshop is down in my basement. Everything I've heard or read about PM raves about their customer service... Seems like there's more than a few machines out there that arrive with issues, but they always make it right.
Nice machine... I was looking at that one until I watched several videos with others that bought the PM-728VT. Even though it's a substantial increase in price, it seems like it's worth it. But I'd gladly take the machine you have if I couldn't have afforded the more expensive option.
Glad PM made things right for you... Everything I've seen about them, says their customer service is excellent. I've had several informative and enjoyable conversations with PM people. Answered all my questions and I feel like they're worth trusting for a relatively expensive purchase.
Enjoy your new machine and I hope you're getting a lot of good use out of it!
Thank you and yes for sure. Even though I had problems with it, they were extremely good to work with.
Drew you have inspired me to get better at knifemaking! I was so excited to find a youtuber who has the same name as me!
Oh awesome I’m glad. Pretty great name too 👍
Oh and don’t forget to Tram it front to back and for the rotation of the head. A lot of times on those smaller machines you have to shim the head.
Good perseverance. You should have just clipped the wires on that probe, threaded it through, then reconnected. Would have save lots of time!, Love Papa
What a pita, I’m sure it’ll be more than worth it though!
(To be honest, my favorite part was the kittens! (I have a HUGE soft spot for cats 😂)
Yeah it’s already great since it started working well. They are pretty cute 🥰
Nice starter machine man! If you ever have any questions on tooling for it don’t hesitate to reach out as I’m a full time machinist. Keep working hard and using the talents God gave you 🤙🏻
Oh awesome thank you so much!
It's a great machine, I love mine! (enough that I just ordered the matching lathe!). Some suggestions... ditch the rotating base for the vice. You're going to need the height and you'll likely never use it. If you didn't order a jacob's chuck yet, get the shortest one you can find. The machine doesn't have a ton of vertical height and if you keep that rotating base for the vice, you'll never be able to use any jacob's chuck. Lastly, I suggest you replace the lever handles on the x-axis locks. They suck and you're going to end up hitting them on the y-axis constantly. I replaced mine with round knobs and it's WAY better and they don't hit the table when you move the Y.
Ok awesome thanks for the suggestions! That makes a lot of sense.
Dennis, I subscribe to your channel as well. As a full time machinist, these are GREAT tips.
@@TobaccoTooling glad to help!
Hello, do you know if you can cut 0.30 decimetres of steel with this milling machine?
What a bummer, my PM25 worked fine out of the crate. Only thing I dislike are the plastic carriage stop levers, they broke easily .
I edge to ur regrinds
Wow incredible
Both my PM25 mill and PM1022 arrived not working. Mill was fixed pretty quickly but the lathe took 4 months. PM"s boards are crap. Order an extra set right away. Another joy with PM is they change designs on boards all the time. Your experience with them mirrors mine with the lathe. When one fix didn't work they just sent a different part. Will never buy one of their products again.
Oh dang really that sucks
Thanks for sharing the journey, Where did you get the collet shelf below the DRO?
It actually just came with the mill. I didn’t have to purchase it separately.
at this point they should of sent you a new mill
Yeah probably
What a pain in the butt! You'd think a machine would come ready to go and work!
One would think so 😂
Tell Quinn to get better
Wow. Some sketchy quality control over at PM. Kind of a shitty deal for you
Yeah not the best but their customer service is amazing luckily.
Jeez man they screwed you over, those things are plug and play. You shouldn't have dad to do ANY of that. You would have been better off buying a used Bridgeport.
Yeah not the best situation but they fixed it and now it works great 👍
This machine is more accurate thatn a used Bridgeport if the small table limitation of it meet your needs. Unless you live in an old industrial area of the country it’s hard to find a good knee mill especially one that is tight.
He did the right thing by buying this machine over a used Bridgeport. You never know what you’re getting yourself into with those machines unless you’re a machinist and can check to make sure the machines good and even then you can’t see inside the head and can’t make sure the ways aren’t crapped out on the dovetails. Good thing PM made it right though. Their Chinese machines seem to have a lot of issues but I’ve heard very good things about their Taiwanese made machines. I know people who have a few and they have had 0 problems with them. If you ever upgrade you machine Drew, make sure it’s a made in Taiwan machine, trust me.
@@shawnmurray5452 and @TobaccoTooling He absolutely did the right thing!! Used Bridgeport's are often pretty roached and not worth it unless you're up for totally rebuilding it, or having one of the handful of top notch machine tool builders completely rebuild the thing, but even then, you're talking a boat load of money.
About to pull the trigger on a PM-728VT. Taiwanese made, "Precision" benchtop machine. Don't have 3-phase in my suburban neighborhood (though a PWM control would solve that), but most importantly, I don't have the space for one AND my workshop is down in my basement.
Everything I've heard or read about PM raves about their customer service... Seems like there's more than a few machines out there that arrive with issues, but they always make it right.