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They are End Measuring Rods, used on a Jig Boring Machine.

I thinkt there was a photo of a completed one on the Dust cover of the original LBSC's Shop SHed & Road book:-

Edited By Nick Hughes on 27/02/2021 12:58:30

An option I used:-

The ensuing discussion was here:- https://www.model-engineer.co.uk/forums/postings.asp?th=142307

Edited By Nick Hughes on 11/02/2021 15:35:07

My X5 has linear rails (The X4 has dovetails), you can see them in the 3rd and 4th photos. The first photo of the saddle, is the edge that aligns X Axis Carriages and therefore controls the X - Y alignment (the other side has the same method for the Y axis Carriages and was fine).

From personal experience with my Syil X5 Plus, I would suggest staying as far away from Syil as possible.

The X and Y Axis were not perpendicular to each other by approx 0.8mm over the Y axis travel of 160mm.

The cause was abysmal machining of the Saddle, with obviously no QC at the assembly stage:-

Then there was the Fore - Aft and Left - Right leaning of the column (Z Axis), again caused by crap machining and the comical scraping, that appeared to be done with a hammer and chisel, to disguise the angle grinding bodging:-

As the spindle was also not parallel to the Z Axis, again by a considerable amount, i ended up re machining almost everything and in conjunction with a precision Granite Square, managed to get everything geometrically aligned to within 0.01mm.

Not to mention the total lack of support from both Syil UK and Syil China (although to be fair, I think Syil UK suffer from the same problem with Syil China).

Nick

Edit:- Because the base casting is so flexible, I had to mount the machine on to a cheapish granite surface plate, before then mounting it back on to the stand, to prevent twisting as it was bolted down:-

Just to rub salt into my wounds, it came with an X4 Control panel cover rather than X5, that due to the support issues, took 12 months to get a correct replacement (It took 6 months to get a replacement saddle).

Edited By Nick Hughes on 10/01/2021 14:33:14

Just to back up my previous post, here's the relevant section heading, from my manual:-

I've just tested this (to make sure I wasn't mistaken) on my 3 Axis display and the HA Sleep function does work.

This section also has  "In not ALE working state", so to use sleep, the unit must be in INC ( the HA button is disabled in ALE), as suggested in a previous post.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 03/01/2021 15:54:06

According to my manual, the Sleep function is only available on the 3 Axis version.

Check out DazTheGaz on YouTube:- **LINK**

You are aware that the MB3 is not a Motion Controller, it's only a Breakout Board for the ESS Motion Controller?

Edited By Nick Hughes on 02/01/2021 15:21:47

I've seen a spanner made for R8 collets, that has 3 small protruding vertical "Petals", that fit into the end slots of the collet, to hold them and the spindle when tightening.

Possibly a similar, but larger version could be devised for the INT30 collet?

If the motor's not running, rather than mechanically not driving and it's fitted with a Limit switch on the bed, then the plunger on this can stick in, if pushed too hard by the stop fitted on the table.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 12/12/2020 12:16:30

I did have the link to a better video of it running, but can't find it at the moment, so this will have to do for now:-

Edited By Nick Hughes on 19/11/2020 09:29:37

Hi Frank,

You set the compound/top slide at a shallow angle and use that to apply the cut depth:-

Nick

You do not have to fit the feed unit hanging vertically, it can be fitted rotated clockwise, to regain the lost travel.

It's quite common to see them fitted off vertical, to clear the Y axis feed unit fitted on some machines.

Nick.

Edit:- Worth noting, that the dedicated Z feed units come with a different feed direction lever, to that fitted on the X axis units.

Edited By Nick Hughes on 06/11/2020 10:55:59

If you know where to look, the cat's out of the bag (I'll let Neil provide more information when he's ready).

Edited By Nick Hughes on 17/10/2020 10:16:41

Comwell: 4mm - 12mm 9 Step- 4-12mm 9 Step

Discussed before here:- **LINK**

I understand you have an x3, but as you appear not to have a starting point, the X5 settings should give you a reasonable chance Of course, it's your choice.

The file will be deleted, to free up some space, at some point this weekend.

Nick

Hi Rod,

I've loaded a copy of the Mach3 ini file for the Syil X5 to my Dropbox account here:- Syil X5-Mach3

It was supplied by Syil UK and I think it's Imperial not Metric (I've not used it as I run Mach4).

If you can arrange a groove that will accept a standard sized "O" Ring, than you could use a Quad Ring or X-Ring in it's place. The X-ring in particular compress far more easily than O rings.