I like that big pic of all those mathematical formulas.... one could have a serious mental issue if they were dreaming that stuff all night.
Might use that pic for a gag on someone at one of the gyro forums... (heh, heh).
Do not have a pic of this (yet)... however found the first detail to 'fix'... knew there would be some... I suspect a brand spankin' new BIG 5 axis CNC mill has 'issues'...
When I had the X axis table off, so it would go through the door... I was looking at the ways. All the surfaces are nicely ground... yet: The 'oil tracks' (small grooves for the auto oiler to spread oil all over the bearing surface), seem to be cut by a large fly-cutter, at an angle... large arc's, that overlap. Problem is... where they overlap has a ridge, so the oil cannot move from one arc to the next. This will result in oil at the left end of the X axis ways, yet not even get to the middle, much less all the way to the right.
Not difficult to fix; just some careful removal of a small amount of metal between the arcs...
Leaves me wondering if I need to take the whole machine apart and look at each set of ways.
Hmmm... rainy day project... probably over the holidays.
More pressing now to get the stand built, the machine off the pallet and on the stand, in place, leveled, cleaned, inspected, admired, bragged over, tinkered with, modified (like the angel light ring)... and MAKE SOME CHIPS...
Pics to follow... however I am having a time getting pics from my cell to load onto the site. I tried to log into the site from my phone, would not work.
Will figure it out later.
GA
Might use that pic for a gag on someone at one of the gyro forums... (heh, heh).
Do not have a pic of this (yet)... however found the first detail to 'fix'... knew there would be some... I suspect a brand spankin' new BIG 5 axis CNC mill has 'issues'...
When I had the X axis table off, so it would go through the door... I was looking at the ways. All the surfaces are nicely ground... yet: The 'oil tracks' (small grooves for the auto oiler to spread oil all over the bearing surface), seem to be cut by a large fly-cutter, at an angle... large arc's, that overlap. Problem is... where they overlap has a ridge, so the oil cannot move from one arc to the next. This will result in oil at the left end of the X axis ways, yet not even get to the middle, much less all the way to the right.
Not difficult to fix; just some careful removal of a small amount of metal between the arcs...
Leaves me wondering if I need to take the whole machine apart and look at each set of ways.
Hmmm... rainy day project... probably over the holidays.
More pressing now to get the stand built, the machine off the pallet and on the stand, in place, leveled, cleaned, inspected, admired, bragged over, tinkered with, modified (like the angel light ring)... and MAKE SOME CHIPS...
Pics to follow... however I am having a time getting pics from my cell to load onto the site. I tried to log into the site from my phone, would not work.
Will figure it out later.
GA
