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sbwhart:
OK Chaps
Well I made a start on prepping the mill:- first job was to take the plastic cover off and find what goodies was delivered with it, a resonable set of spanners and wrenches and a set of four leveling jacks, at first I thought there was no manual but another search found it tucked away under the bed of the mill. The manual is writen in good English not like the manual for my 3 in 1 in that case English was a second language, having said that appart from the usualy safety stuff thers not a lot in it and exploded drawing and a parts list and a wiring diagramme.
It got some of the dredded red grease on it but I don't think its to excessive, cleaned the stuff I could get to off with paraffin,brush and rag. I;m impressed with the finish on the mill.
Had a bit of an exploration took the back cover off to look at the wiring :bugeye: :bugeye: now I'm no electrician in fact the darn stuff bafles me, there are far more wires than I expected, I need to uncouple the wiring so that I can get the head off to get the weight down, took the cover off the head were the motar is situated, it will be even worse to unwire it from here room a bit tight. Had a look at the wiring diagrame it made as much sence as a piece of modern art:- all colours and patterns very prity but what does it mean. :scratch:
Tilted the head to see if I could get at the motar wiring better, but no, its going to have to be an unwiring job from the back, that I've decided to put off untill tomorrow when the lights better and I've got more time I'm going to have to take loads of pics and lable things up.
Wish me luck
:wave:
Stew
bogstandard:
If the worst came to the worst and you need to lift as a lump, a lifting frame on the same principle as a sedan chair can be utilised. Rather than arms lifting, it uses the extra power of the legs. Also keeps the back straight.
It can also be used in a fairly confined space. A couple of 3.5ft or 4ft scaffold poles and a bit of wood as a spacer between them.
Otherwise, a notepad, a roll of masking tape (for marking up wires) and copious notes on the stripdown.
I would definitely help if I could, but I would just get in the way.
John
sbwhart:
Thanks for the tips John:-
I'm going the masking tape and notes way. But before I do any thing else I'm going to put thing back as they were and see if I can power it up to make shure it all works before I start pulling it to bits. :hammer:
Cheers
:wave:
Stew
Darren:
That's a nice looking mill there Stew...I'm sure it'll occupy you for many a year to come :)
sbwhart:
Stripping down the mill:-
I reassembled the mill after my quick look, plugged it in and checked that it all worked, only problem was with digital read out which wouldn’t switch off or Zero, well that can be sorted out later. :hammer:
To remove the head:- disconnect from the wiring panel at the back of the machine. Wiring is not my cup of tea so I took loads of pics and labelled and made drawings as I made the disconnections, thankfully most of the cables were already labelled so hopefully this will help reassembly, only had to cut one connection I will have to remake the connector.
With the wiring disconnected the truncking was threaded through the panneling, but first the inspection hatches replaced over the circuit boards and things to protect them. The panelling was held on with four cap screws and lifted off exposing the vertical lead screw.
To remove the head it was lowered onto a wooden box to take the weight, the clamping nuts were slackened and the locking lug retracted, the nuts removed, a bit of a wiggle :ddb: and a pull at it was off.
Stripping the slides off was very straight forward just followed the instruction on the ARCEURO trade manual for the X3 machine
All the red grease was cleaned off, some of which had hardened off this was causing the rack and pinion locking lug for the tilting mechanism on the head to stick, this was sorted with a quick clean and a bit of grease.
Well so far I’m very impressed with the fit and finish of the machine far better than that on my 3 in 1 this is particularly noticeable with the jib, on the 3 in 1 there as rough as a bears back side.
Well I’ve got the weight down into more manageable pieces next job reassembly. :borg:
Thats me done for the night off to Manchester to see group called Kene at the Manchester areana :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:
And my team wone 2 - 1 :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :ddb: :beer: :beer: :beer:
Cheers
:wave:
Stew
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