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5th December 2011, 09:41 AM #1
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Don't you just hate those horrible noises
I make a few small items that I sell through a local gift shop. There is very little profit in it for me (the shop owner gets nearly all of that), so I can't afford to spend too much time or any more material on jobs than necessary.
The other day I set up a job, started the cut .. all went was going well ... walked away to do something else and heard the spindle start to lug down.
By the time I got there and pressed the big red button it was way too late.
I found a Z axis coupling screw had come loose. There must have been more resistance in the coupling in one direction than the other because the Z axis was moving down but not up, and just going deeper and deeper.
That's something else to add to my regular maintenance list.
KevLast edited by *Kev; 5th December 2011 at 10:59 AM. Reason: spelling
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5th December 2011, 10:32 AM #2
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Hi Kev
All too familiar those horrible noises. For me mostly when the job is not clamped enough.
Thanks for the reminder about bits coming loose, it's about time I gave my machine the once over.
Cheers
Brian
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5th December 2011, 10:45 AM #3
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Hi Kev
My sympathies.
A suggestion... have you thought of using stud lock or similar to lock the screws, nuts, bolts etc in position. It really does work well.
Bob Willson
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5th December 2011, 10:57 AM #4
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Yeah Bob I have some loctite screw lock, and I thought about using it.
I decided I'd nip it up again and keep an eye on it. If it works loose again I'll definitely use it.
Cheers
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5th December 2011, 12:04 PM #5
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Originally Posted by *Kev
OK. I hope that you aren't working on something expensive at that time. What am I saying, of course you will be.... Sod's law.
Bob Willson
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5th December 2011, 11:09 PM #6
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Yep know that sound well... usually followed by alot of profanity eminating from my garage.. Not sure if I should warn the neighbours about the machine operations noises or the machine operators noises
List on f ups causing noise at my place:
bad clamping
dull bits
ambitious cut speeds
and last but not least.. finding "undocumented features" in various s/w packages
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