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Post by sternman318 on Feb 17, 2019 20:55:17 GMT
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Post by ibohan on Feb 18, 2019 19:19:20 GMT
I used a test dial indicator attached to one of these. You then attach the indicator holder into the router spindle and spin the spindle around and adjust the router until the dial shows as little movement as possible. You might have to get creative when it comes to attaching the holder to the spindle. I ground mine down to 1/4". I believe Derek also has a stickied post about tramming the router. |
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Post by sternman318 on Feb 19, 2019 1:00:16 GMT
I used a test dial indicator attached to one of these. You then attach the indicator holder into the router spindle and spin the spindle around and adjust the router until the dial shows as little movement as possible. You might have to get creative when it comes to attaching the holder to the spindle. I ground mine down to 1/4". I believe Derek also has a stickied post about tramming the router. Thanks for the advice! I was looking in the General Discussion only and missed Derek's post about tramming in the other section. I went ahead and made the set-up I first linked to.. I found a quarter of an inch by moving the router up as much as I could and also realized that the indicator doesn't have to be at zero (it has an inch of travel). It's a tight fit I think but it will work, got some extra experience milling along the way. I know my router isn't plumb but I also found I have a significant drop in the X axis. Hopefully I'll have this thing nice and square soon! Attachment Deleted |
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Post by sternman318 on Feb 23, 2019 17:30:51 GMT
Hiya folks,
So I did my best job at tramming my router. As far as I can tell, there's no real way to adjust the spindle in the x axis, whereas the y you can tilt the gantry. In anycase, I tilted the gantry and shimmed the heck out of the spindle mount and things seem to have gotten better. I did a facing operation and the face is much smoother. Improvement.
Now that I have trammed my spindle, the last step would be to face the board right? Is there anything else I should do first before that, since its sort of a one time deal?
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Post by Bruce on Feb 23, 2019 21:59:05 GMT
Which machine do you have?
Once you face the waste board you can do the do the whole tramming process again. If you feel the need anyway.
This would be a good topic for a video covering each of the MillRight machines.
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Post by sternman318 on Feb 24, 2019 15:49:33 GMT
Which machine do you have? Once you face the waste board you can do the do the whole tramming process again. If you feel the need anyway. This would be a good topic for a video covering each of the MillRight machines. M3 over here. I keep forgetting there are other models. I agree, some instruction on this stuff would be very helpful. I'm surprised it's not already out there, considering how wonderfully detailed the assembly instructions were. I'm gonna go ahead and flatten out the bed, I spot checked the corners and looks like there's only a 40 thousandths spread, so I think things are mostly good over here. It's gonna take a while though since I'm using only a 1/4" mill  |
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rowiac
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Post by rowiac on Feb 25, 2019 18:35:19 GMT
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Post by ttabbal on Feb 25, 2019 19:54:04 GMT
I've never tried one, but it looks a LOT like the CNC spoilboard surfacing bit I bought from Whiteside. I'd be interested to know how it works for people. For $20, if it holds up at all it's a bargain. |
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Post by rowiac on Feb 26, 2019 0:19:40 GMT
I've never tried one, but it looks a LOT like the CNC spoilboard surfacing bit I bought from Whiteside. I'd be interested to know how it works for people. For $20, if it holds up at all it's a bargain. I'll let you know when I try mine. |
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Post by Bruce on Feb 26, 2019 15:35:30 GMT
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