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Replace T Slot Table
- Thread starter arj3090
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Milland
Diamond
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- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
You "could" do it, but why? No real harm has been done (except to the ego of the person who did it), and the cost, downtime, and likely loss off accuracy from trying to fit a new or used table onto the machine just don't seem sensible.
Blazemaster
Hot Rolled
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- Oct 13, 2009
- Location
- Olympia, Wa
Does it affect anything else other than just looking ugly?
Stirling
Hot Rolled
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- Dec 11, 2013
- Location
- Alberta canada
You’ll spend more than you are going to make most likely.
Heck, a grand off for a small slot in the table? Used market will love it!
Heck, a grand off for a small slot in the table? Used market will love it!
coyoinu
Aluminum
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- Oct 6, 2012
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- Orange county, CA
maybe you can fill it with silicon bronze brazing, machine it back down, and finish flat.
Dan from Oakland
Titanium
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- Sep 15, 2005
- Location
- Oakland, CA
NOT! Leave it alone!
Tony Quiring
Titanium
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- Nov 5, 2008
- Location
- Madera county california usa
If you have good epoxy you can mix a batch with iron trailings from your grinder to make a steel based filler and with the table cleaned well you can fill the void then place wax paper on it, then a flat plate to allow to cure flat top.
After cures use whatever needed tooling to dress it flat with table.
It will almost color match but the area will be supportive for use if epoxy was good stuff.
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After cures use whatever needed tooling to dress it flat with table.
It will almost color match but the area will be supportive for use if epoxy was good stuff.
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machineit2
Hot Rolled
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- Jan 21, 2011
- Location
- Tennessee
Just tell any potential buyer that you have increased the table weight capacity from 1000 lbs to 1000 lbs and 3 oz.
Milland
Diamond
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- Jul 6, 2006
- Location
- Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Stamp "Oiling Slot" next to it and leave it be.
Orange Vise
Titanium
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- Feb 10, 2012
- Location
- California
Don't fix it.
If I were buying it and saw that the previous owner attempted to hide the damage, I'd be suspicious of what else was wrong with the machine.
If I were buying it and saw that the previous owner attempted to hide the damage, I'd be suspicious of what else was wrong with the machine.
Phil in Montana
Stainless
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- Jul 31, 2007
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- Missoula Mt
You could mill in a insert and hide it...Phil
Turbowerks
Cast Iron
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- Nov 9, 2018
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- Windom
I second the mill it out and insert, someone had cut a hole in a mill i bought, only thing wrong with it had a vise mounted over it. Dumb as me never moved the vise when i ran it. Anyhow i should have countersunk the bolts and plugged them used a scrap of durabar.
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Mebfab
Diamond
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- Jun 7, 2003
- Location
- Mebane North Carolina USA
Talk about parts markup!
That was the quoted price for a new table and installation. Needless to say, we didn't opt for it.
I was thinking a new table couldn't cost more then a few grand, so I got hit with major sticker shock when the quote came.
M.B. Naegle
Diamond
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- Feb 7, 2011
- Location
- Conroe, TX USA
I'd opt for the milled repair over an epoxy repair. The damage can be seen as an embarrassing mark on the machine that might call into question other unforeseen issues, but a milled insert shows a skilled repair that eclipses the mistake and returns 100% functionality (if done right).