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Offline doubleboost

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626 Mill Y Axis Stops
« on: September 02, 2012, 04:03:22 PM »
Hi
Lads
I Have wanted stops on my Y axis for some time
Rob Wilson kindly donated the T slotted stop casting from his 626
(be about the last thing you would want on a CNC)
First job was to remove the Y axis DRO scale
(this was never mounted properly as i wanted stops fitting)

Notice how long it is
The dovetail was mounted and some decent brackets made up




The scale was cut to length , i have cut these before and got away with it.
Not this time the glass came out of its mounting groove




I had a hell of a job getting it back in but worse was to come
The read head is a spring loaded job with a ball bearing running on one side of the glass , and some electronic miricle running against the thin band of tape on the other side
(sorry no pictures)
To cut a long story short i dropped the ball , after a couple of hours scratching about in the swarf i found it.
All back together now and working fine
John

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Re: 626 Mill Y Axis Stops
« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2012, 04:24:24 PM »
good job john

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Re: 626 Mill Y Axis Stops
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2012, 05:09:05 PM »
  Hi John, the finished job looks very good  :clap:, I bet your were sweating when that ball went AWOL, glad you managed to find it and get it back into working order, one more thing off your jobs to do list :thumbup:
  Cheers Mick

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Re: 626 Mill Y Axis Stops
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2012, 11:59:38 AM »
 :thumbup: very tidy John  :clap: :clap:  ,,,,,,,do you want any more bit of my mill  :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:


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Re: 626 Mill Y Axis Stops
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2012, 03:51:17 PM »
I well have a think Mate and let you know :lol: :lol: :lol:
John

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Re: 626 Mill Y Axis Stops
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2012, 04:02:45 PM »
just a mill will do me