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Gentlemen!
Kind of embarrassed to ask , must be something dumb and simple but I'm having issues with the acme screw on my mills knee. At some point it got a bit tight in some spots I assumed just chips got into threads. Some time after I went to clean the entire mill and after i cleaned everything the knee seemed to have gotten even tighter, about couple inches above the bottom of the travel . I thought must be some notorious chip that's below the nut at the base of the mill , so I strapped the knee to the head , and loosened the cone shaped lets call it "nut housing " and ran it up and down without any significant issues. Then I bolted it back down and knee got way tight. I'm assuming it's gotta have just the right alignment but my efforts to tap that nut housing into its happy place failed. It was late in the day so I figured I'll take a break, maybe ask some advice before I get back at her. Is there some clever trick to realign things? Am i missing something?
Thanks a zillion!
Kind of embarrassed to ask , must be something dumb and simple but I'm having issues with the acme screw on my mills knee. At some point it got a bit tight in some spots I assumed just chips got into threads. Some time after I went to clean the entire mill and after i cleaned everything the knee seemed to have gotten even tighter, about couple inches above the bottom of the travel . I thought must be some notorious chip that's below the nut at the base of the mill , so I strapped the knee to the head , and loosened the cone shaped lets call it "nut housing " and ran it up and down without any significant issues. Then I bolted it back down and knee got way tight. I'm assuming it's gotta have just the right alignment but my efforts to tap that nut housing into its happy place failed. It was late in the day so I figured I'll take a break, maybe ask some advice before I get back at her. Is there some clever trick to realign things? Am i missing something?
Thanks a zillion!