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Hi all,
Joined this forum not too long ago and decided to bring you along my bench mill conversion process.
Bought the machine a few weeks ago and I have took it apart to start doing the CAD of the machine. This will help greatly for doing parts to accommodate the ball screws and motors.
Here's a picture of the machine before disassembly:
Steps involved for disassembly:
And there you have, a disassembled mill waiting for a conversion!
Thanks for reading
Joined this forum not too long ago and decided to bring you along my bench mill conversion process.
Bought the machine a few weeks ago and I have took it apart to start doing the CAD of the machine. This will help greatly for doing parts to accommodate the ball screws and motors.
Here's a picture of the machine before disassembly:
Steps involved for disassembly:
X-Axis (table):
- Remove handles from both sides;
- Remove side plates with bearings;
- Remove table stops;
- Loosen gib by unscrewing gib ajustement screws;
- Slide off table exposing X-Axis lead screw (watch out it's heavy);
- Remove lead screw by removing 2 SHCS from side of table;
Y-Axis (Saddle)
- Repeat same steps as for X-Axis;
- Unthread the lead screw nut to get the lead screw out.
Z-Axis (Carriage and Spindle Unit)
- To facilitate access to the Z-Axis lead screw, I decided to remove the spindle unit;
- Remove motor cover;
- Remove motor (need to unplug from control board from front of unit)
- Remove spindle unit by removing pivoting screws and center screw (careful it's heavy)
- Bring carriage to upper most position de remove carriage (mine has a counterbalance piston);
- Use locking levers to tighten position of carriage
- Unscrew 4 SHCS to detach lead screw from carriage
- Remove side handle and bevel gear assembly:
-Remove top cover and top plate (remove carriage block before lifting out)
And there you have, a disassembled mill waiting for a conversion!
Thanks for reading