This followed me home today.

[Pete O]

The mill was loaded onto the trailer with a forklift. No forklift anywhere near me unfortunately, I actually have a forklift attachment that I built for the 3-point-linkage on my old Ford tractor, but the hydraulic pump is so dead I couldn't lift a round hay bale with it the other week another project on the waiting list!

I've been cleaning the mill up a bit, also exploring the electricals to make sure it is all safe, seems pretty good except for where the mains lead goes into the machine in my earlier photo, needs a new junction box to tidy that all up.

I have struck somewhat of a setback, turns out the motor on this machine is 4hp, not the 2hp that I thought (it was inaccessible where I first viewed it). The motor that I planned to use for a phase converter is only 3hp. Won't be running it until I can figure out what to do there; first thing is to start looking for a cheap 3 phase motor bigger than 4hp I guess.

Whilst it's still on the trailer. i'm going to take it out and attack the bottom part of the machine with the pressure cleaner, also drain the sludge out of the coolant well.