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Thanks, Bill! A closeup or two of your tramming aida installed certainly wouldn't hurt! On the end of the aid that attaches to the mill, did you use a through bolt and nut, or did you tap the hole on the mill?
 
Nice... I hope it all goes well.


Ray


Had a couple hours today to clean and assemble (and do some general shop and tool cleaning)... hope to find a few more tomorrow to shim, level, and begin tramming. I'm hoping it is trammed enough out of the box to make the tramming aids first.

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Thanks, Bill! A closeup or two of your tramming aida installed certainly wouldn't hurt! On the end of the aid that attaches to the mill, did you use a through bolt and nut, or did you tap the hole on the mill?

Tapped the hole I drilled in the mill head. Used grease in the tap to capture most of the iron filings. Drilling/tapping iron is dirty work. :(

Here's a couple pics of the right side aid, top and bottom. Hope these help.

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Thanks, Bill. Didn't get much accomolished today, other than leveling. Had an odd electrical gremlin that wasted a lot of time... couldn't get it to turn on at all after leveling. Finally attributed it to a pinched or loose wire behind the faceplate on the electronics box... when I loosened the left 2 screws it started. I took the faceplate off (and was reminded my hands are too dang big for tight spaces, like right agains the mill head), but couldn't find anything obvious, so made sure connections were seated properly and reinstalled. On/off seems fine now, guess we'll see over the next few days. Then, after cutting a couple pieces of steel for the tramming aids, I realized I'd ordered a clamping kit with the wrong size t-slot nuts. At least they're 3/8 bolts, so all I need to order are the nuts themselves. Frustrating, though!
 
Thanks, Bill. Didn't get much accomolished today, other than leveling. Had an odd electrical gremlin that wasted a lot of time... couldn't get it to turn on at all after leveling. Finally attributed it to a pinched or loose wire behind the faceplate on the electronics box... when I loosened the left 2 screws it started. I took the faceplate off (and was reminded my hands are too dang big for tight spaces, like right agains the mill head), but couldn't find anything obvious, so made sure connections were seated properly and reinstalled. On/off seems fine now, guess we'll see over the next few days. Then, after cutting a couple pieces of steel for the tramming aids, I realized I'd ordered a clamping kit with the wrong size t-slot nuts. At least they're 3/8 bolts, so all I need to order are the nuts themselves. Frustrating, though!

Interesting that you mention large hands and the location of that control box. Somewhere on the 'net, I saw where somebody had relocated the box to a boom on the column and put larger knobs on it. This is something I am considering, as it gets the box off the head, and because I wear a XXL mens golf glove. :( Have to order the damn things of the internet, because no one around here carries them.

Glad you fixed the electrical problem. I've not had (knock on wood...) any problems with mine yet.

I assume the pics are good enough to give you an idea of what you need?

Bill
 
Haven't heard from ya Henry: what, are you a working stiff like me during the week? :roflmao:

I was just curious if you got a chance to do the tram mods yet and to get your impression of using them.

What other mods/additions are you considering for your mill? 3-bolt mod?

Reason I ask is that I just received a x-axis power feed from Griz for my mill (Matt said he didn't have any/couldn't get one). I was wondering if you wanted some pics of the install? Read the directions and it looks pretty straight forward.

I also finally got my two 36t spur gears from Quality Transmission Components and am hoping to get those altered for fitment this weekend.

But there's an important (to me) football game on Sunday so not sure how much I'll get done that day. Go Broncos!! :thumbsup:

Bill
 
Between work and a freak ice/snow storm (don't get them often in SE NC), have had no shop time. My tslot nuts arrived yesterday, so hope to get the aids made tomorrow after I fix my electric dog fence (broken by a trac-hoe after septic line repair just before the storm hit). Will keep you posted. I suspect I'll do the 3-bolt mod given your and other recommendations. I haven't ordered a DRO, yet, but definitely shoot some pics and measurements as you're installing... I'm sure I'll do it sometime.
 
Finally got power back last night (due to our 2nd snow/ice storm), and after some yard cleaning this morning decided to hit the shop for a bit and did my first machining! Just about finished the tramming aids... still need to drill for the bolts that will attach to the column.
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That was fun... lokking forward to getting it trammed and working on something "bigger".

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Had a couple hours today to clean and assemble (and do some general shop and tool cleaning)... hope to find a few more tomorrow to shim, level, and begin tramming. I'm hoping it is trammed enough out of the box to make the tramming aids first.

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Hmmm, too clean. Way too clean... Get cutt'n...

:) Ray
 
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