PM-727m New mill has arrived!

[Redmech]

Great thread, lots of good info I'm going to study

 

[Sloth2009]

Just for giggles, I took the back panel into a car paint store and had them make me up a can of matching aerosol paint. I sprayed some on some foil and let it thicken up a bit. I then used a small brush to fill in all the little paint dings around the machine. I did a pretty shoddy job with the bondo and painting on the column but it looks better than it did.

 

[Sloth2009]

Not exactly milling with precision, but I used the mill to create the inside cavity in a wood sheath and handle for a sword I forged. The wood is from an ash wheelbarrow handle that I cut down the middle then glued back together after I milled it. Still a lot of work to do to make it look pretty.

 

[Sloth2009]

Bought some M8x25 replacement knobs for the lockdown levers. The stock front levers tend to catch when you move the x-axis if you don't have them set perfectly.

 

[Sloth2009]

I also bought a project box, cut some holes into it and mounted it to the back of the DRO display arm. I stuffed all the excess data cables into it to tidy them up a bit. Just need to tidy up a few more and it will be good to go.

 

[Ironken]

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Bought some M8x25 replacement knobs fro the lockdown levers. The stock front levers tend to catch when you move the x-axis if you don't have them set perfectly.

Genius! Do you get enough torque on the knobs to lock the table down?

 

[Sloth2009]

Genius! Do you get enough torque on the knobs to lock the table down?

Yep they work great. It wasn't really my idea, [fradish] mentioned he had made some knobs for his. I don't have a lathe so just bought mine. For less than $8 per pair and free prime shipping they were hard to beat.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01481EI8G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[Sloth2009]

Yep they work great. It wasn't really my idea, [fradish] mentioned he had made some knobs for his. I don't have a lathe so just bought mine. For less than $8 per pair and free prime shipping they were hard to beat.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01481EI8G/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

[TheGov]

Since this is "the go to thread" on the 727, I've got a note, w/ pic, and a question.
First the note, drained the gear oil today, again. Got curious, so vacuum filtered it to see the particulates. Oh boy... (see pic for what I mean).

Now the question ...I changed the oil because I noticed a lot of play up and down on the quill when I use the fine adjustment. Has something gone bad, hence the metal debree? What/where should I look first to resolve the play issue?
Side note, I'm going to completely flush the gear box this weekend.

 

[TheGov]

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Bought some M8x25 replacement knobs for the lockdown levers. The stock front levers tend to catch when you move the x-axis if you don't have them set perfectly.

Those be some 'perty' knobs...