PM 1340GT delivery and setup

[Downunder Bob]

Whew, my first real milling project. Learnt a bunch. Also made mistake of not tightening y axis on mill so there is 0.05" unnecessary gap at bottom. Made sure that top of T nut is slightly recessed from the compound surface so QCTP is sitting tight.

Btw what is the difference between 201 and 202 tool holders?

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Well done, good job.

 

[advmaker]

So the compound had one holding nut broken when I got the lathe. PM said they will send some down the line but I could not wait as I was getting chatter doing concave radius with large tool contact.

So at first I tig welded the broken but, sanded and also ran a m8-1.25 tap through it to clear any obstruction. But then I could not figure out how to insert that nut without needing to get the cross slide out from back. It seemed like I needed to get the back cover of the lathe out, way too much work. So I built a round nut that I can insert from top through the opening. It went well but then I realized nothing is stopping that nut from spinning so could not tighten. Then I tig welded a small flange to one side, lol. Seems to work well now but I wonder what the correct process is to insert a proper nut.

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