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Trion:
cidrontmg: Thanks for the reply, will try this the next time I'm in the shop! :dremel:

I did try fly cutting some aluminum also, the cutting marks were almost invisible afterwards. (the part has been wiped of with a semi clean towel, hence the longditual marks)

Trion:
This post was lost during the server problems on the forum, but here's it again.

Last week I bought a bit of wood


Removed the vise, cleaned the table and dug out my freshly made T-slot nuts


Then I dialed in the vise


And finally the wood was cut into a suiting shape, making for a table cover.


Then I gave it a coat of clear paint



Since I could not go on with the milling cidrontmg suggested, as I didn't want chips in the paint, I started looking at the gibs. Here's the X-axis gib


This is the kind of wear I'm working with :poke:


The gib was initially tightened as far as it would go, but I still felt the table was a bit sloppy. Luckily I had bought two 3 metre rollls of feeler gauge, one 0,20mm and one 0,50mm. I cut a piece of 0,20mm and cleaned of the burrs on the ends


I also noticed that the gib was numbered


The same number could be found on the knee


And even on the machine. That must be a good thing


I then mounted the X-axis gib with the feeler gauge, and adjusted the tightness to what I felt was good.
Next up was the Y-axis gib


Same numbere here aswell


I shimmed the Y-axis gib with 0,50mm feeler gauge. This made it nice and tight, although extremely tight at the ends.
Finally I also managed to jiggle out the Z-axis gib. I was worried the table would move in all kinds of directions, but luckly it stayed put


Cleaned it up


On the back side it had a locating ridge


So I had to use two strips of 0,20mm feeler gauge


And guess what, same number here too :beer:


Then I mounted the Z-axis gib and tightened as I thought was necessary. My impression is that the machine has become a lot less sloppier, but the overload clutches on the feed have tripped a few times when moving to the far ends of either X- or Y-axis :doh:


Yesterdays contribution to the woodworking was me making a mounting rack for the ER32 collets


It also got a coat of clear paint. A couple more and the parts should be ready.

Trion:
Not much machining going on lately, as I'm reorganizing the shop to make room for my latest addition. Will give more info on it later, but I can say as much as that it's Swedish, made out of cast iron, and it was _free_!! :D
All it has to do now, is to travel the 950km to my shop ::)

But the paint on my wooden covers has dried, so here's a picture for you


There isn't much that can beat the look of fresh paint


And here's my ER32 collet rack. Made space for some extra collets, as I'm looking to buy spares of the most used sizes 8,10,12,16,20 at least.


As said, more info when the new addition comes, oh the excitement! :)

dsquire:
Trion

I always look forward to your updates on getting the mill into shape ect. Now I see that your are going to expand your machine or tool selection. Let me make the first guess.  :doh: Is it a shapper? Now I'll just have to patiently wait until it makes the 950km trip to its new home.   :coffee:

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Trion:
Don, thanks for the kind words, they are good motivation for keeping on :wave:
But I will not reveal the type of machine, before I get it.

And for those of you thinking, "He should rather be making stuff instead of just buying all the time." Your are absolutely right, but I have an urge to buy stuff that seems like a good bargain. Call it a illness if you want :lol:

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