Quoth Gene Heskett..... >indicates the head may be tilted a fraction of a degree.
Look for Hoss's G0704 tramming videos on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40Q61UAnOTA He shows how it's done with silver steel^W drill rod and a DTI. Tram the spindle to the column first as these rotating head mills do seem to go out of alignment and the sticky label position indicator isn't worth the paper it's printed on. When you get a chance it's also worthwhile fitting some little tramming aids to your G0704 (see here http://www.cnccookbook.com/CCMillTramAdj.html). Not only to they make the fine adjustment easier, they also hold the whole thing steady while you tighten up the head bolts (I say 'bolts' as a popular mod is to add two more than the standard single bolt: google g0704 three bolt mod). FWIW, on my WMD30LV (the G0704's bigger brother) I ended up shimming the bottom of the tilty bit of the head where it meets the Z saddle to get the spindle in line with the column *and* the base of the column to get the, now aligned, spindle in tram with the table. -- Regards, Russell -------------------------------------------------------------------- | Russell Brown | MAIL: [email protected] PHONE: 01780 471800 | | Lady Lodge Systems | WWW Work: http://www.lls.com | | Peterborough, England | WWW Play: http://www.ruffle.me.uk | -------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
