Good Idea. Thanks. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Jon Elson [mailto:el...@pico-systems.com] > Sent: January 13, 2025 8:58 AM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Rattling splines Re: Automatic Probing. > > I had an ancient (1938) Bridgeport round-ram mill with an M > head.� It had bad wear on the spline and rattled horribly > under load.� I figured what was happening was the top of the > spindle was twisting a bit when the end mill tooth dug in > and then when the tooth came out of the cut, the released > spring would cause it to jump ahead.� So, I made some shims > out of brass shim stock and put them into the space on the > UN-DRIVEN side of the spline to fill up the slack there.� > These were just 1/8" wide strips of the shim stock, long > enough to pass all the way through the driving spline of the > pulley and then bent over at the ends to keep them from > working out of the pulley as the quill moved up and down.� > This hack worked marvelously to quiet the racket. > > Jon > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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