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Originally posted by LiquidRulez
Why dont you put some extra screws into the column for added strength.Ive heard that it is quite effective.
Didnt realize I had the caps lock on...my bad.
You adjust the gibs on the table and it still has slop in it??
Thats strrange.Maybe your dovetails are bent in the middle of the table or the ends....maybe even on the saddle......have you looked at them to see??
That would be the only reason I can think of that would cause the table to be snug at one point, and loose at another, and cause "slop" in travel.
I hear that they are nice little mills, but people always seem to complain about the flexability of the material(Alum) it was made of, and how it just not ridgid enough for their liking....they should have made it out of cast iron or something a tad bit stronger.
Well anyway jaydee and balinju: good luck and cant wait to hear the results
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I took the whole mill apart last night. The X table is what has slop in it. The Y table is very solid. I couldn't find any visual problems. The slop is almost gone though. It is a lot better than it was.
The colum is actually steel and is plenty stout, but they put is on that AL base with only the 2 screwes and the screws are inline. I could add more screws but I am not sure if that is a good idea. Maybe they planned it that way to have some flex in it to keep other things from failing (like the AL table). It is pretty stout though for what it is. I don't for see any blocks I want to do that will really require a better mill. All my future plans are shallow passes as I can't see any reason to go with a channel style block. Why cool the area of the base that doesn't need to be cooled?