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Offline jim

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one of them days!
« on: September 06, 2009, 05:00:57 PM »
noticed my lathe (sieg C4) making funny noises winding the cross slide across.

worried that there was a problem i stripped the whole thing down, its a bit more involved because of the power feed on the cross slide.

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g270/jimmyocharlie/DSC00038.jpgone of them days!
i stopped messing around with the camera at this point, oil and swarf were getting every where!!

took it all to bits, trying to find the problem!

i couldn't find anything wrong! ( in fact it all looked very good, given the amount of work it does)

it was when i put it all back together i found a few bits of stray swarf in the handwheel beaings for the cross slide :doh:


atleast it all got a good clean :lol:
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if i'd thought it through, i'd have never tried it

Offline Mike K

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Re: one of them days!
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2009, 08:09:23 PM »
Glad you got it fixed.  Wow, that C4 apron is huge compared to the C3.

Mike
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Offline Stilldrillin

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Re: one of them days!
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2009, 03:41:52 AM »


"when i put it all back together i found a few bits of stray swarf in the handwheel beaings for the cross slide"



Never mind Jim..... It will run all the sweeter now.....  :clap:

That sounds just like one of my very many projects/ wild goose chases, over the years!  ::)

If only we could have all that wasted time over again...... In one large lump. Just imagine what we could do with it......   :thumbup:

David D
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Still drilling holes... Sometimes, in the right place!

Still modifying bits of metal... Occasionally, making an improvement!
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