Hello, I was trying to decide whether to post in the benchmill forum or here when another member who has an IH mill asked me to post my mods in this forum due to the similarity between the Ih mills and the r45 clone and Zay 7045 mills. The mods should apply and benefit any of the brands. I went with a zay7045 from wholesale tools because I was able to pick it up at their store here in houston area. One thing I didnt like were the bolts that went down through the column and threaded into the base. Not good if you are gonna loosen and tighten a million times during tramming fun. I decided to drill the threads out of the base and run 5/8 grade 8 bolts up through the bottom with nuts on top of the column flange. First I reinforced the area the bolts go through by adding a steel plate underneath. It is .750 thick , 1.5 in wide and about 6.5 in long. They are secured to the base by a countersunk 3/8 bolt in the middle and two 1/2 in dia setscrews that are threaded all the way through the base and the .750 strap and then there are jamnuts on the bottom you can see in the pic. The setscrews are ground flush on the top surface where the column sits. The 5/8 bolts each have a tab welded on the head that keeps them from spinning. Dave