My PM-835S arrived today

Pcmaker said:
Yeah, when the power feed gets closer to the table, it gets tighter
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The screw is binding. Loosen the screws just a bit and see if it doesn't self align.

I'm glad I installed mine. I got zero binding. Might have got bumped during moving
 
Hopefully, that's all it is. I'll try it when I get home. Even with the gib completely removed, you still need a little bit of force to move the X axis. Y axis is much better, but it doesn't have a pwower feed installed
 
Hopefully it is just the power feed......much easier situation to manage.
 
Loosening up the power feed did the trick!

Now I'm trying to figure out the quill fine feed. Can't seem to get it working. I disengaged the quill feed lever and I pulled the fine feed wheel pin in and out, but still won't engage.
 
Pcmaker said:
Loosening up the power feed did the trick!

Now I'm trying to figure out the quill fine feed. Can't seem to get it working. I disengaged the quill feed lever and I pulled the fine feed wheel pin in and out, but still won't engage.
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Pull down slightly on the quill and the quill feed will lock in properly. If the quill is full up it won't pop in
 
Do you have a feed rate selected?
 
Ok, I got the manual fine feed figured out. Still trying to figure out why selecting the automatic feed rate speed is sometimes easy, and sometimes you can't the lever.

I installed my power draw bar this afternoon, works great.
 
Pcmaker said:
Still trying to figure out why selecting the automatic feed rate speed is sometimes easy, and sometimes you can't the lever.
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I found that rotating the spindle back and forth briskly while changing any selections of the gear train always helped.
Glad you're getting a handle on the machine.
 
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