I have done some measuring as follows:
I mounted the mag base on the vertical head with the indicator touching a large parallel on the table and moved the Y axis. At the front of the table I get +.0025" (table is higher at the front).
I then repeated the above test but mounted the mag base on the Y axis ram to ensure it it wasn't something to do with the way the vertical head was mounted. I got the same result that the table is too high by 0.0025" at the front.
Since the table is too high at the front, my logic deduces that this means that the Y axis is not parallel to the table.
How do you adjust the machine for this type of misalignment? Do I need to tighten the Y axis gibs? I have a Mikron WF21c which is very similar to deckel fpXnc and maho 500e machines.
Would appreciate any help.
I mounted the mag base on the vertical head with the indicator touching a large parallel on the table and moved the Y axis. At the front of the table I get +.0025" (table is higher at the front).
I then repeated the above test but mounted the mag base on the Y axis ram to ensure it it wasn't something to do with the way the vertical head was mounted. I got the same result that the table is too high by 0.0025" at the front.
Since the table is too high at the front, my logic deduces that this means that the Y axis is not parallel to the table.
How do you adjust the machine for this type of misalignment? Do I need to tighten the Y axis gibs? I have a Mikron WF21c which is very similar to deckel fpXnc and maho 500e machines.
Would appreciate any help.