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Bernd:
Nice job on those T-nuts.  :thumbup:

But only two?  :bugeye:

Should have made a few more. You know your going to need them.  :)

Bernd

sbwhart:

 :lol:

Its a pair of Nuts

 :D

Stew

NickG:
Looks like a great bit of kit Stew. Glad you're back up and running, now get cracking with that elbow engine!!!  :poke:

 :)

sbwhart:
Hi Chaps

Last little job with the mill before I start doing realy close work is to level it up, I'd already roughly leveld it up using a cheap spirit level thanks to John I got a loan of a real supper acurate level. The mills stand came fitted with leveling jacks at each corner, using a crow bar the mill was levered up slightly to allow the jacks to be adjusted, it was a matter of chase the bubble:- get it level in the Y axis get it level in the X check the Y readjust etc etc each iteration brought the level better and better when it was within one line I tightened the loc nut and called it a day.





Job Done  :thumbup:

Stew

 

bogstandard:
Nice one Stew,

Plenty close enough.
If I remember rightly, 1 division works out to 0.002" over 3ft.
That measurement is all dependent on whether it is an imperial or metric bubble.

Unlike a lathe, where levelling should be a critical exercise, levelling a mill is done mainly to prevent uneven wear on the sliding faces and parts.
It also stops your tools and coffee sliding off the end of the table.

In fact, levelling up your offhand grinder is supposed to reduce bearing wear. I don't know if it works, but it just might, and every little helps.

John

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