Did you try to lift it lol?
I removed and lowered it to the floor without breaking anything but was glad not to have injured myself.
Did you try to lift it lol?
I checked the Y last night. It seems that I didn’t notice how easy it is to turn in the center of the Y axis, and how it does get tougher to turn at the end of its travel. It’s very easy for me to overlook things when I’m in front of people and I’m unsure of myself and they are watching me. I’m a little bit unhappy about this for the price we paid for the mill.If it was me in this situation, I would check every surface for damage or wear, check every feedscrew and associated nut/s, go through everything else like bearings, mounts, gibs, dovetails, check everything for alignment, bends et al.
A lot of the above can be done during cleaning but either way, I would suggest the "fine toothed comb" method of check everything multiple times taking photographs at the same time for a record.
Don’t take the backlash out then? It’s like .100 backlash on the y, Maybe .050 on the x, but he said the same. He never took the backlash out or adjusted gibs.
Good deal. Thats a lot of weight and awkward.I removed and lowered it to the floor without breaking anything but was glad not to have injured myself.
The screw may be worn. Its super easy to pull the Y axis screw and take a peak at the threads. You should be able to tell if its badly worn. I just picked one up it has .200" backlash in the X and Y going to need new screws and nutsI checked the Y last night. It seems that I didn’t notice how easy it is to turn in the center of the Y axis, and how it does get tougher to turn at the end of its travel. It’s very easy for me to overlook things when I’m in front of people and I’m unsure of myself and they are watching me. I’m a little bit unhappy about this for the price we paid for the mill.
Yes, but would the y being hard to turn be from the ways or the gibs being worn unevenly?The screw may be worn. It’s super easy to pull the Y axis screw and take a peak at the threads. You should be able to tell if it’s badly worn. I just picked one up it has .200" backlash in the X and Y going to need new screws and nuts
Its a combination of use in a limited window of movement, combined with time. Screws and nuts wear where the most movement occurs.Yes, but would the y being hard to turn be from the ways or the gibs being worn unevenly?
Not the lead screw and nut?
Yes it could be the ways Could be the nut is snugged up on the worn part of the screw and it is binding on the part that is not worn or a combination of bothYes, but would the y being hard to turn be from the ways or the gibs being worn unevenly?
Not the lead screw and nut?