This weekend's fustration:
I placed my new milling machine on it's table. I can now it out and do a few test cuts. However I forgot that the first owner of the machine (the second owner never used it) was terrible in machine skills and maintance.
So que me wanting to do a test cut and discover that the clutch for the worm-gear lowering mechanism was slipping. Taking the clutch out I discovered someone coated it with way-oil that turned into a sticky but slippery mess. So before i could do a test cut; I had to take the whole stock lowering mechanism appart to clean it and re lube the parts that need oil.
Explanation of how this system works is in the alt text of the photos.
Also if someone knows better tags for this type of post let me know! I am struggling to find the right community for machine shop toots.
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