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- Jun 21, 2014
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- 40
I finally got my PM 25MV yesterday after giving up on Grizzly. The UPS guy rolled it right up to my garage door. I also got my dro's from DRO PROS, I got the ES-8A 2 axis they look to be pretty well made.
I already took off the X table and inspected and removed the oil (probably whale blubber or something) I removed some small burrs and sharp edges, otherwise the ways looked in pretty good shape. I noticed some of the ways are scraped and some are not.
I bought a 1/2" mounting clamp set and I discovered the T Nuts don't fit they are way too big so I called up Matt at Quality Machine and he told me the slots are actually 12mm, be nice if they corrected that on their website. Actually i'm glad I bought the inch set instead of the metric set as the metric set has metric threads in the T Nuts, Ill just mill the nuts I have with my new mill.
I also asked Matt where the spindle lock was, he said there wasn't any and you just hold the spindle with your hand while tightning the drawbar, I'm going to make a spindle lock and make some improvements on the drawbar. I also noticed that the base looks kind of narrow, I don't want this tipping over on me as I am not bolting it to the floor, I ordered some 2" square tubing with .250 inch walls, Im going to make some outriggers and put some leveling feet under those, I will post some pics when I get to that. Also I was wondering if I should cut an access hole in the top of the cabinet and chip pan so I can have access to the leadscrew adjustment nut, Is that for adjusting backlash?? Any feedback would be great. That's it for now.
I already took off the X table and inspected and removed the oil (probably whale blubber or something) I removed some small burrs and sharp edges, otherwise the ways looked in pretty good shape. I noticed some of the ways are scraped and some are not.
I bought a 1/2" mounting clamp set and I discovered the T Nuts don't fit they are way too big so I called up Matt at Quality Machine and he told me the slots are actually 12mm, be nice if they corrected that on their website. Actually i'm glad I bought the inch set instead of the metric set as the metric set has metric threads in the T Nuts, Ill just mill the nuts I have with my new mill.
I also asked Matt where the spindle lock was, he said there wasn't any and you just hold the spindle with your hand while tightning the drawbar, I'm going to make a spindle lock and make some improvements on the drawbar. I also noticed that the base looks kind of narrow, I don't want this tipping over on me as I am not bolting it to the floor, I ordered some 2" square tubing with .250 inch walls, Im going to make some outriggers and put some leveling feet under those, I will post some pics when I get to that. Also I was wondering if I should cut an access hole in the top of the cabinet and chip pan so I can have access to the leadscrew adjustment nut, Is that for adjusting backlash?? Any feedback would be great. That's it for now.