countryguy
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jul 29, 2014
- Location
- Mich, USA
Dad/Son newbs. He's a recent collage grad trying a home shop CNC Startup. We bought some used auction items to support him and doing the inspect and repair dance. Got him a horizontal saw... and an inexpensive manual BP-815 surface grinder (they more or less gave us). 7" wheel, Walker magnet. It's a pleasure to have one for small tasks so far.
...the but- As we put the mag indicator on and ran the Z traverse outwards w/ magnetic chuck removed (starting all the way in) this thing fell .008 in like 6 inches? X is not as bad but still over a thou.
Have the 22page manual. Searched and read as much as we could online for flatness and solution's but this just seems like something is out of adjustment or worse?
- Wondering if the traverse screw to handle assy- maybe pulling the table down as we wind outward?
- column to table obtuse? cannot even see how to square it... but taking larger table off tomorrow.
- Ways ? Not sure how to see if the traverse way's are ... warped? bent?
Folks here are just wizards on so many things... thought I would ask the PM braintrust.
Ohhhh...sidebar- if this BP is not going to get happy again- We saw a Kent SGS 816 recently very close by us... We see the Surface Grinder being a great shop tool... wondered if they are a step in the right direction for quality?
...the but- As we put the mag indicator on and ran the Z traverse outwards w/ magnetic chuck removed (starting all the way in) this thing fell .008 in like 6 inches? X is not as bad but still over a thou.
Have the 22page manual. Searched and read as much as we could online for flatness and solution's but this just seems like something is out of adjustment or worse?
- Wondering if the traverse screw to handle assy- maybe pulling the table down as we wind outward?
- column to table obtuse? cannot even see how to square it... but taking larger table off tomorrow.
- Ways ? Not sure how to see if the traverse way's are ... warped? bent?
Folks here are just wizards on so many things... thought I would ask the PM braintrust.
Ohhhh...sidebar- if this BP is not going to get happy again- We saw a Kent SGS 816 recently very close by us... We see the Surface Grinder being a great shop tool... wondered if they are a step in the right direction for quality?
