The mill head moved !!

[picclock]

Hi
I've got a Warco WM14 mill, (a basic X2 clone) which suffered a slight mishap today  . Whilst milling a piece of steel the mill snagged (pushed it a bit hard  ) and the mill head moved.

Upon inspection the spindle/motor assembly has rotated slightly. From the outer casing it looks as though its moved about 3mm, so its no longer parallel with the column.

I've never had this apart before, but from the assembly drawings it looks as though this is fitted to the vertical column slide with 4 bolts and it doesn't look like there's an adjustment, short of strip it down, align it by eye and retighten.

There must be a better way.

Any help much appreciated.

picclock

 

[Brass_Machine]

Sorry to hear that.

Tim has some good info in his CNC CONVERSION THREAD about aligning the head of the X2.

Take pictures, start a thread and let us know how it goes (I have to do it as well!).

Eric

[Bluechip]

Hi Picclock

I have a WM16, which is like yours. Not sure what your problem is, but...

Mine has a tilting head, which I don't use 'cos it's more trouble that it's worth.

You haven't just knocked the rotatey bit out of kilter ?

Look up behind the spindle, mine has ( 3 ? ) hex bolts holding it.

You're not alone, done it with mine ..  clumsy oaf  

Dave BC

[picclock]

It appears things are not quite as I thought   . In fact my WM14 mill is looking less like an X2 clone from many aspects.

The column is fixed to the base with 4 large hex bolts, and is fixed.

The mill head is designed to swivel, and the reason for the tilt can be seen from the picture with the two bolts taken from underneath the head. The angle locking bolt is lose, you can see the gap between the nut/washer. More to the point, its easy to get at and readjust.

When I first bought the mill I checked it for column/spindle accuracy and did various measurements to ensure that the alignment was good. I've never had a reason to change it, and as in normal use the back of it is fairly inaccesible, I just took someones word for it that it was an X2 clone.

I just feel like I've had a lucky escape !

picclock

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[Brass_Machine]

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Read this POST. Should explain everything for you.

Eric

[tumutbound]

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