Milling, Drilling – Smithy Midas 1220 LTD User Manual

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Too much backlash in compound

Cause

Solution

• Loose spanner nuts

• Tighten Spanner Nuts

• Worn nut

• Replace nut

Machine slings oil from behind the chuck or in belt box

Cause

Solution

• Oil reservoir overfilled

• Check oil level

• Worn oil seal

• Replacefelt in seal

Milling

Tool chatters

Cause

Solution

• Gibs too Toole on cross slide, compound

• Readjsut Gibs

or carriage

• Unused feeds not locked

• Lock all axes but the one moving

• Milhead not locked

• Lock millhead

• Quill too loose

• Tighten guill lock

• Tool not on center

• Center Tool

• Improper tool shape, too dull

• Reshape, sharpen, or replace tool

Deph of cut is not consistent

Cause

Solution

• Quill moving

• Lock Quill

• Setup wrong

• Make sure setup is parallel to table

Drilling

Hole is off center or bit wandres

Cause

Solution

• Bit Dull

• Use Sharp Bit

• Bit not mounted correctly in check

• Remount Tool

• Bit Bent

• Replace Bit

• Chuck loose in spindle

• Remount chuck and arbor and

remount

• Drawbar not secured

• Tighten Drawbar

• Debris on Spindle

• Clean debris and arbor and

remount tool

19: Troubleshooting

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