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Here you can follow my restoration process. I wished that I would have taken more pix in detail, but this is what we have. I will try to explain the best as I can as we follow along.
First off, the mill had been stored outside for no telling how long?
in the beginning this mill had a hydraulic X axis power feed, as well as a combo manual/hydraulic Z feed. In other words, the Z axis could be operated by hydraulic or manual.
The hydraulic power pack was missing, but all the rest of the hyd. system was intact, including the limit switches. The X axis had no handwheels, so no way to manually operate the X axis.
So now, I have a decision to make? do I go back with Hydraulics or manual operation, which would mean I would have to incorporate a leadscrew and nut for the table feed. This will also require some casting for the table end bearing supporst and handwheels, as well as a bracket to hold the leadscrew nut in place.
Enough of that for now, we will decide on that later. Right now lets progress with the rest of the restore process.