With the help of some friends and a pallet jack I borrowed from work I have the Mikini unloaded and in fron of the garage. I ran power to it and it jogs and the spindle runs. However the spindle runs in reverse. I think I just need to reverse the wires from the spindle driver board.

I also noticed that sometime the macine does not change direction when the jog controller wheel changes direction. Do I need to release the button for direction changes?

It seems I will need some of the Omron sensors, some of them do not trip when I put a piece of steel nest to them (Z and X
). Where can I get these?

Next step is to clean the chips out and clean the coolant sump.I will also need to fab a new panel for behind the column. I dont know why it is missing... then I will move it into the garage.

BTW, I have not seen the spindle rpm drop yet. I will do some tests and see.