Rockwell mill lubrication upgrade

[Weldingrod1]

I finally found out why my swarf guard plate got bent!
I bone headed it.
The guards are very slightly asymmetric. If you put them on backwards, the top one can pop up inside the saddle casting and get hooked. Grumble.
Here's the correct orientation.

 

[Weldingrod1]

Got the saddle back together. Then, I found I hadn't tapped TWO holes. Take it back apart... tap... reassemble.

Next up is bent copper oil lines to the screws.

 

[Weldingrod1]

Mmmm! Copper, brass, and cast iron

And the rolling shutter rolls! Fyi, I had to totally dissect it to kill the latch down mechanism, and then rebuild it better, faster, stronger... Mwah, ha, ha!

 

[Weldingrod1]

17 lube points!

Got the table back on, and both DROs working (whew!).

Head is stabbed.

Next up is the long DRO cover and cable tendering.

 

[Weldingrod1]

Things I have left:

• Cover for the long scale
• Cable tendering
• Fix light blocking guard on outer ring light
• Add oil connection for the spindle
• Front flexible swarf cover
• Z axis DRO
• Quill DRO
• Build up way oil and spindle oil lube pump assemblies
• Put the power feed back on

Design, fab, and install limit switches for the power feed, maybe even improving the wiring a bit, so its not in a plastic bag

You may have noticed that the list is longer, despite having accomplished some stuff:

• Drilled, tapped and grooved for 17 oil points
• Dreamed up and installed rolling shutter swarf guard
• Solved damaged sliding swarf guard problem and installed replacements
• Cleaned out a surprisingly small amount of chips!

 

[Aukai]

Very adventurous undertaking

 

[Weldingrod1]

Thanks! I had been putting this off, as it was kind of scary, and I was nervous about the scales working after disconnection! I figured off season for First Robotics and a 3 day weekend with no real plans was my "get my rear in gear" notification!

 

[woodchucker]

edit: never mind, I read later.

 

[Firstram]

Nice work!

 

[Weldingrod1]

Long axis cover on!
Any suggestions on getting this sucker out? I don't really want to drill and tap, but I could. I've put a picture of the other side..

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