[modeleng] Re: Mico Mill Problems
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 19:41:46 -0700 (PDT)
Good luck, then, 'cause your experiences will be a
determining factor in me possibly getting one on down
the road.
Al
--- Lee Grant <leegrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Al
> There may be to much material to grind of the table
> I think I will have to
> dismantle it to find the offending part and work
> from there.
> Lee
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 12:21 AM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Mico Mill Problems
>
>
> > Lee, is the top of thetable out this much in all
> > positions; at each end? It may be that you'll
> have to
> > have the top of the table trued up on a surface
> > grinder if it is out all over.
> >
> > Al Messer
> > --- Lee Grant <leegrant@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I finally managed to spend some quality time in
> the
> > > workshop this weekend
> > > set up the face plate and bored the two
> cylinders of
> > > the marine piston valve
> > > engine I am building. Because of a lack of swing
> on
> > > my small lathe I couldn'
> > > t bore the two piston valve cylinders so I had
> to
> > > drill them on my Micro
> > > Mill. The two bored cylinders turned out almost
> > > perfect + or - 001" nice
> > > finish the two drilled holes looked ok until I
> > > turned it over the holes came
> > > out 4mm of centre, a check with a 6" square on
> the
> > > mill table to the column
> > > found that the column is tilting forward I can
> fit a
> > > 015" feeler gage at the
> > > bottom of the square. This may be part of the
> reason
> > > for the mills poor
> > > performance. The column can tilt 45 degrees side
> to
> > > side on a pivot and is
> > > bolted to the base with 4 cap head bolts I could
> > > shim it temporally for a
> > > quick fix but I think I need to dismantle it and
> > > have it machined correctly
> > > This will probably make an expensive mill out of
> a
> > > cheap one. Are there any
> > > better ideas out there?
> > >
> > > Lee
> > >
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