I recently encountered a problem with loose screws that hold down my X-Axis lead screw nut on my Precision Matthews PM-25. I took off the table and tightened everything up then went a step further and took advantage of the situation to disassemble everything and clean and re-lube both X and Y components and clean out any swarf. I reassembled everything and it worked perfectly, except for the Y-axis DRO. It moved, as normal, but I got nothing from the readout.
This morning I disassembled the Y-axis DRO and found that there was a small metal arm with a ball attached that is apparently used to read the scale. It had broken off the small trolley that moved it back and forth.
The broken surface area is only about 1/32" at its widest point, which is triangular in shape and about 3/8" long.
Is it toast?
This morning I disassembled the Y-axis DRO and found that there was a small metal arm with a ball attached that is apparently used to read the scale. It had broken off the small trolley that moved it back and forth.
The broken surface area is only about 1/32" at its widest point, which is triangular in shape and about 3/8" long.
Is it toast?