A second thought--have you contacted the seller and complained about the lack of accuracy? It may be a bum job from the factory and they ought to replace it. 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 > > > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank > email > > > to, > > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > > > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! > > http://vote.yahoo.com > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email > to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > "unsubscribe" in the subject line. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.