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Agreed :) The thread below has turned into a discussion on tramming and further posts there will be welcome. Alex :thumbsup: Tramming aid
Post it in resources if it works @gregers05 - we get lots of queries about tramming. Alex :thumbsup:
Look at the Silverline range - they are cheap but reasonable quality and it's not too upsetting if/when you break one - wear eye protection. I use...
For Normally Closed switches you need to wire two switches on the same axis in series - signal (control board) to nc (switch one), common (switch...
For experimenting with I strongly recommend the cheap router bits sold by toolstation. If you haven't got a local branch they deliver free for...
Check the eccentrics on the X axis as well. Alex.
I didn't count when I did mine - depends how stiff they are to start with - you can't go too far though. Alex. :)
PS - if you do this with the nut blocks mounted on the gantry plate have one of them slightly loose - and when you have got them running...
Yes - most people experience this with new nut blocks and the solution is to use the drill on the end of the leadscrew to run it back and forwards...
The thing that has puzzled me is that the error rate has increased with distance travelled (not the actual error - I would expect that to...
The aim is to get the base board parallel to the X and Y axes and the Z axis perpendicular to both. The question is where to start - the Y axes...
Because fitting a rod into a flat plate ABSOLUTELY square in all directions is easier to say than to do, and a dial gauge on a stick does the same...
How about one 1/4 " rod screwed into a plate (absolutely square obviously) and fit the other end in the collet - then you would be tramming the...
Will be a while before I do this in aluminium - I haven't got any machineable alloys and I haven't cut any aluminium with my workbee yet - so I...
Hi @Steveathome, if you mount your router that far up your Z axis doesn't the bottom of the Z axis tend to hit the workpiece? - I've mounted mine...
I think Rob's comment comes under the heading of personal opinion - if you look at his build (Grizzly G0758 Benchtop Mill Conversion) you will see...
The Z axis on the Lead is pretty much the same as on my workbee and I don't have that problem with my (Chinese clone) Makita so as @Rick 2.0 said...
It is not clear to us what you are doing with each test Benjamin. Could you; Without cutting; A); tell the machine to move 1000 mm and tell us how...
PS - before you make one of these check clearance for your router/spindle - the one I have designed clears my Makita clone and I think should...
Very true - but it looks (from my set up) as though the controller/motor combination are supplying the torque - whether its getting through to the...
