SenorAguas
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 11, 2019
I crashed the mini mill. Long story short, it was a plunge, and the 45 chamfer on the tool holder pushed into the corner of the steel work, pushing the spindle sideways. The spindle sounds fine and the machine seems to cut fine. Except a face mill shows that the machine is out of tram. I swept an indicator and its showing about 0.003"-0.004" across 10 inches.
I've seen in a 10 year old thread that this can be shimmed without too much trouble. Has anyone out there done this?
Are these the correct bolts to loosen (see picture)? I figure I loosen these bolts, use the threaded hole to jack the column casting up, then shim and tighten it back down.
I know this probably isn't the proper way to do it since the spindle and rails may no longer be perfectly aligned to each other, but is it really that bad of a method?
Its a new mill, will this void the warranty?
I've seen in a 10 year old thread that this can be shimmed without too much trouble. Has anyone out there done this?
Are these the correct bolts to loosen (see picture)? I figure I loosen these bolts, use the threaded hole to jack the column casting up, then shim and tighten it back down.
I know this probably isn't the proper way to do it since the spindle and rails may no longer be perfectly aligned to each other, but is it really that bad of a method?
Its a new mill, will this void the warranty?