Since I've got everyone's attention here, I have one more question.
I did a pretty good cleaning of the quill housing, it had all sorts of gunk from the original delivery. I quite remember that the spline part of things was absolutely chock full of a thick grease. Now that I have it nice an clean, and with a thin film of LPS3, I finally get to hear the spline rattling that people mention here and there. Until today, it's been sort of a legend that people tell. Today I heard it on my machine. It is a very disturbing sound under 100rpm, an acceptable rattle up to 600rpm, and it goes away above that.
Before I go dump a bunch of grease in there, what's everyone's take on the rattle? Live with it or fill the spindle housing with grease to the max?
I've seen the CNC people make a plastic bushing to stabilize the spline, but I need the vertical travel so that won't really work here.
thanks in advance,
wm_crash
I did a pretty good cleaning of the quill housing, it had all sorts of gunk from the original delivery. I quite remember that the spline part of things was absolutely chock full of a thick grease. Now that I have it nice an clean, and with a thin film of LPS3, I finally get to hear the spline rattling that people mention here and there. Until today, it's been sort of a legend that people tell. Today I heard it on my machine. It is a very disturbing sound under 100rpm, an acceptable rattle up to 600rpm, and it goes away above that.
Before I go dump a bunch of grease in there, what's everyone's take on the rattle? Live with it or fill the spindle housing with grease to the max?
I've seen the CNC people make a plastic bushing to stabilize the spline, but I need the vertical travel so that won't really work here.
thanks in advance,
wm_crash
