Several photos of my 1988 Maho MH500M.  

It's been a year plus, but finally got my new to me Maho home in January. I kept 
it in a back warehouse down at work. Lots of room for disassembly and forklifts 
help with the heavy items. Machine was in great shape, just dirty. Oil, grease and 
sitting for years make a messy combination. Can't remember how many rags, rolls 
of paper towels, toothbrushes, qtips, cleaner, etc, etc I've used. Not to mention 
countless weekends. But it was worth every minute. I think I get just as much fun 
from restoring as using a machine.

Originally purchased by a local R & D facility. DMG L.A. and Charlotte were super 
about checking service records and providing the machine's history. Also gave me the 
R & D facility's phone and a contact. Lucky me…being able to talk to the original 
owner makes buying a used machine easier.

All original parts, only thing I had to purchase was a missing handwheel, got a match 
from JW Winco. And the control box back cover was missing so made a new one. 
I didn't like the fixed position of the control box and fabricated the swinging arm. And 
a bunch of new screws, nuts, washers and new axis locking levers.

Had the paint color matched at an auto-finishing store and repainted it with Dupont 
acrylic enamel. A light surface grind on the table done at Schaffer Grinding. Those 
guys do a great job. No mill or drill marks, just a lot of tiny ding and dents. Price 
was reasonable.

Finally purchased the manual, parts book and wiring schematics from DMG, they 
don't give 'em away, but I'm glad I got them.

A few little things still to do. Hope to get power to it later this year, too many things 
going on. At least it's in my shop now and I can go out there and "twist a few 
knobs" … feels good.