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I really like my 833T mill but did not like how the swarf could sit on the Y axis ways in front of the table. A member by the name of David P Best (you guys may have heard of him) suggested I make a protector out of leather, aka Stefan Gotteswinter style. So I asked my wife if she still had that leather skirt from when I met her on the street corner. A few days later the swelling around my eyes subsided enough that I could make out my computer screen and ordered up some fine Corinthian leather from the Bay.
I fab'd up a piece of aluminum to capture it onto the mill table and the other end is fastened to the mill base via double sided carpet tape (Mohawk Airo). I may change that method to metal holders also but this was proof of concept. I then drew up a "capture stop" in Solidworks and printed two off on my 3D printer. They keep the leather from interfering with the Y axis handle as the table moves forward. I also cut a slot in the leather to reduce the amount of material around the Y axis dial.
The whole system seems to work well. If the only method of table movement is counting dials, it would be a little bit of a pain with the leather near the dial but since I have a DRO that is a non issue for me.
I fab'd up a piece of aluminum to capture it onto the mill table and the other end is fastened to the mill base via double sided carpet tape (Mohawk Airo). I may change that method to metal holders also but this was proof of concept. I then drew up a "capture stop" in Solidworks and printed two off on my 3D printer. They keep the leather from interfering with the Y axis handle as the table moves forward. I also cut a slot in the leather to reduce the amount of material around the Y axis dial.
The whole system seems to work well. If the only method of table movement is counting dials, it would be a little bit of a pain with the leather near the dial but since I have a DRO that is a non issue for me.