KevinPartner
Plastic
- Joined
- Jul 9, 2017
- Location
- Ontario, Canada
Hello all and welcome to another edition of stupid questions with Kevin.
My new (to me) milling machine arrived yesterday evening and today I've been playing with it, and I found that the table's rotation was quite off, as in I could see it from 10 feet away. The table was off by about 3 degrees. I inspected the machine and found the pins that would hold it in place, and went to loosen them. The first two (of four) came out easily, but the other two snapped while I was removing them. I believe that the tips were wedged in place and snapped when I turned them. After removing them I was able to return the table to parallel with the x axis but I'm left with two pins that are broken. I measured them and made drawings:
Milling Machine Pins - Album on Imgur
My question is if anyone knows if these are standard parts that I can order, or do I have to make some out of a 5/8-11 bolt? I don't have a lathe yet so I'd have to contract it out.
I'm not sure if I can get the tips out of the holes, but I can always just remove the table with an engine hoist or try to get them out with a magnet on a stick.
My new (to me) milling machine arrived yesterday evening and today I've been playing with it, and I found that the table's rotation was quite off, as in I could see it from 10 feet away. The table was off by about 3 degrees. I inspected the machine and found the pins that would hold it in place, and went to loosen them. The first two (of four) came out easily, but the other two snapped while I was removing them. I believe that the tips were wedged in place and snapped when I turned them. After removing them I was able to return the table to parallel with the x axis but I'm left with two pins that are broken. I measured them and made drawings:
Milling Machine Pins - Album on Imgur
My question is if anyone knows if these are standard parts that I can order, or do I have to make some out of a 5/8-11 bolt? I don't have a lathe yet so I'd have to contract it out.
I'm not sure if I can get the tips out of the holes, but I can always just remove the table with an engine hoist or try to get them out with a magnet on a stick.