Mill table refurbishment

[Piglet]

Hello, not sure if this is the place for this but I've got a INDEX 745 milling machine I'm getting ready to remove the table. Past owners used grease on ways rather then vactra 2. Got to clean that out. Thinking about having the table surface ground while its apart. Any thought on this? Any suggestions as to who in K.c. metro to use for this? I want it right or I'd rather just put it back as is.

 

[Shrek]

Decking the table top won’t do much for accuracy. Unless you’re going to have the ways ground and scraped back into spec it’s mostly pointless. Fill any gouging with epoxy or screws and be done. JMO

 

[butchlambert]

Neither of my Bridgeports have much boo boos on the tables. Fill the bad spots and do a light hand file with a 18" long flat bastard file. A surface grind will not remove much material.

 

[Walt Krafft]

I saw a Bridgeport where the owner lost his mind and used a fly cutter to skim the table. I asked why, and he said the head was out of square. Go figure.

 

[butchlambert]

He must have had a huge diameter flycutter to cover each edge of the table.

 

[Walt Krafft]

He must have had a huge diameter flycutter to cover each edge of the table.

There was a six inch area on each end that was not cut. He cut about .03 deep

 

[PatMiles]

I asked why, and he said the head was out of square.

His head or the BP's?

 

[hogpatrol]

I saw a Bridgeport where the owner lost his mind and used a fly cutter to skim the table. I asked why, and he said the head was out of square. Go figure.

That's a good one. Out of perpendicular on the X, he has a gutter, on the Y, tapered. Have fun tramming it.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

No need to remove the table over grease. Get a grease joint rejuvenator, put kerosene in it, pump it thru with the table at one end, run it the other way and wipe out the ways. Do this until its cleaned out then do your leadscrew. Then go thru your setup on the nuts and all and then way oil in the rejuvenator. Its going to be a mess for a while but shouldnt be an issue (ive had to do this to one machine)

 

[Ben H]

KC Machine in Excelsior Springs could handle the regrind if you choose to do so.

 

[Piglet]

Thanks for the info guys

 

[Cloudrepair]

I saw a Bridgeport where the owner lost his mind and used a fly cutter to skim the table. I asked why, and he said the head was out of square. Go figure.

So he didn't know how to tram it in? that bites I made a nice tool for that a while back ok maybe 15 years ago maybe I should find a pic

 

[Cloudrepair]

So he didn't know how to tram it in? that bites I made a nice tool for that a.while back maybe I should find a pic

can be handy on the lathe also

 

[butchlambert]

can be handy on the lathe also

I have a similar one for tramming my mill, but how can I use it on my lathe.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I got the one made by edge. Its very handy. Cant figure out how to use it in my lathe

 

[Bamban]

I suppose you can use it to set the compound angle, with the pointers resting on drill rod chucked up. You have a set distance between pointers, you can do the arithmetic from there.

 

[butchlambert]

I suppose you can use it to set the compound angle, with the pointers resting on drill rod chucked up. You have a set distance between pointers, you can do the arithmetic from there.

You're jerking my chain Nez.

 

[Cloudrepair]

I have a similar one for tramming my mill, but how can I use it on my lathe.

In tale stock and you chuck if you know you chuck is trued to the spindle/purpendiculare
You would take jaws out of course
Sorry been busy spliting wood

 

[Cloudrepair]

Or you could turn a piece big enough to run it on for dialing in the tale stock.
You would want to check it at different extentions