My first knee mill

[jwmay]

You're gonna end up making me take this whole thing apart I think. Haha.

 

[Janderso]

Any interest in my posting the progress?

Keep em coming

 

[Weldingrod1]

Here you go!

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[jwmay]

Thanks for that picture of the slides!

Here's where you want to put the hand wheel to tighten the mounting bolts.

I don't have a dial or original handwheel for that side. Mine had a factory power feed which must have been thrown away in pieces before I got it. The handwheel I do have seems to have come from a Rockwell tablesaw of the time. Anyways it'll get a power feed eventually. Thanks again!

 

[jwmay]

Who could have guessed? More crud! Thanks to welingrod1's picture, I was able to figure this slide problem out. I shined a light in there and it seems my bent metal rod did a decent job of clearing chips. But I hadn't gotten any oil on the bevel gears. From this access though, I can hit it ok.

 

[jwmay]

Bevel gears get grease. Got another solo cup out of the knee. Took off, cleaned and polished the dials and handwheels. Removed the Y gib, cleaned, stoned and reinstalled after "flossing" the gib area with a long strip of cloth. Bevel gears are greased. Knee cavity is comparatively clean. Gibs are adjusted. Screws are lubed. It's about time to mill something I think. Head needs trammed, and I still need to figure out where to put it...and how to put it there.

 

[jwmay]

Oh boy oh boy we're getting somewhere now.

 

[Weldingrod1]

Great progress!!!

Two tips: I put my vice one more slot outward, and you should saw off the coolant channel on the column side. A couple of wads of epoxy putty will close the gaps.

You also want to make a couple of covers for the right and left sides. Trust me and do ot now, rather than later when you discover "why" the hard way. ;-)

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[jwmay]

Will do!
I didn't make alot of progress today, but I got this about half done.

 

[Weldingrod1]

Ah, I need to make one of those too :-(

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