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malbenbut:
Hello Andrew I have A AEW mill like yours but with a swivelling table however the horizontal head is quite noisy, In was wondering if you've ever had to dismantled yours and if so was it was very difficult?
MBB
NeoTech:
One pictures saids scraping the ways, and you have some sort of slitted piece of tube, two blocks, rod and a dial indicator.. gotta ask how does measuring with that go about.. I have a moment of - "never seen that before."
AussieJimG:
Good move to take lots of phots while it is clean and tidy.
Jim
Andrew Wildman:
--- Quote from: malbenbut on December 19, 2013, 12:32:31 PM ---Hello Andrew I have A AEW mill like yours but with a swivelling table however the horizontal head is quite noisy, In was wondering if you've ever had to dismantled yours and if so was it was very difficult?
MBB
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Sorry I have had no need to dismantle the horizontal spindle. The horizontal spindle on these machines are generally daily loud. There are a lot of gears in the various gearboxes. It may help if you change the gearbox oil. I use 32 hydraulic oil which is equivalent of the oil stated on the machine.
Andrew Wildman:
--- Quote from: NeoTech on December 19, 2013, 02:08:52 PM ---One pictures saids scraping the ways, and you have some sort of slitted piece of tube, two blocks, rod and a dial indicator.. gotta ask how does measuring with that go about.. I have a moment of - "never seen that before."
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I had already scraped the top of the dovetail so the next step was to ensure the other faces of the dovetail were parallel. The tool I knocked up references two points on the top and side of one dovetail and one point on the top of the other. The indicator measures the face that will have to be scraped parallel. Two points are required on the top and side of one dovetail to ensure the tool does not crab. The tube is a convenient way to do this but it could be done other ways.
When I get back to my laptop I will have to post the progress on the project. I have completed the scraping.
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