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    I bought a t-slot table for my milling machine. Table is from Polish Jarocin FWC25 milling machine. Dimension of the table are very simmilar to my drawings (20mm longer and 10mm wider)

    Some photos before and after cleaning:

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    I also managed to finish Z axis guide. Cause of problem was last bolt on the bottom. Bolt was twisting end of the right dove tail. This is why it seemed to be wider. I drilled bigger hole and now everything is fine.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteelCraft View Post
    I bought a t-slot table for my milling machine. Table is from Polish Jarocin FWC25 milling machine. Dimension of the table are very simmilar to my drawings (20mm longer and 10mm wider)

    Some photos before and after cleaning:

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    I also managed to finish Z axis guide. Cause of problem was last bolt on the bottom. Bolt was twisting end of the right dove tail. This is why it seemed to be wider. I drilled bigger hole and now everything is fine.
    You saved so much work with buying that table. And good that you found the cause of your problems on the Z axis. Soon Milling!

    Mark
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    Quote Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko View Post
    You saved so much work with buying that table
    More than month for sure

    Also whole build plan has changed. Instead of making ram guides and lifting whole machine to vertical position I will make table carriage first. Then I will temporary weld it to main body then milling head will be attached to the knee and bang I have 3 axis milling machine to make other parts of final milling machine

    Now I'm waiting for Christmas to implement this plan.

    Chain hoist will be necessary...

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    As I said in previous post I managed to weld knee to the carriage and then attach milling head.

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    This is how current setup looks like:

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    Spindle was squared to Z axis guides. Ready for table guides milling operation.

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    Soon you will be making parts on your milling machine! It is looking better and better. So many things you have learned to get this far!

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    Saddle of my mill is almost ready.

    Top surface of the guides is milled parallel to the bottom surface of base plate. Ability of milling is huge improvement in comparison to grinding with angle grinder and scraping. I used rotary table as third axis of movement for the set up from my previous post.

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    I still have to make plates for mounting lead screw nuts and cut oil grooves etc.

    Bearing brackets for table. One is bigger because I wanted extra space for installing an electric power feed unit.
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    Madness of temporary setups continues. This time this is fully operational 3 axis milling machine which will make rest of parts needed to it's final form
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    Only downside is distance between center of spindle and the knee. It's extended very far and bends 0.15 [mm] under weight of my body. This is why 50 [mm] diameter face mill doesn't work well at this moment.

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    Ram and Y axis guides are almost ready. I wish I had machine like that in the beginning of the project

    What left to do?
    I have to scrape them and machine bottom surface of the Ram to flatness. After final assembly basically this will be the end of "mechanical" part of the whole project. Then the "electrical" part will start.
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    Quote Originally Posted by SteelCraft View Post
    Ram and Y axis guides are almost ready. I wish I had machine like that in the beginning of the project

    What left to do?
    I have to scrape them and machine bottom surface of the Ram to flatness. After final assembly basically this will be the end of "mechanical" part of the whole project. Then the "electrical" part will start.
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    This looks simple. But, there is a large amount of work in this picture. Seeing your video will be very nice!

    Mark

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