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Thread: Tramming the Sieg SX3
15/12/2017 16:46:54

Hi Guys,

I've just joined your group and seen your difficulties in tramming the SX3.

My head was out by 8 thou over the table back to front. this was because some idiot had not relieved the ally measure on the from of the table, and had ground the front bed-way to correct this.

The first check to be made is with a clock in the chuck reading off the pillar front. Slide the quill up and down; it should be true. If not scrape the mounting face where it rotates round.

Next tram front to back with the clock on a horizontally bent bar in your chuck reading off the saddle bed-ways of the base casting, i.e. with the saddle removed.

Mine was spot on: obviously the bed-ways and the pillar mounting faces were machined at the same setting.

It was after this stage that I discovered my problem.

I would recommend tapping the pillar mounting right through and using M10 by 50 long capscrews

Hope this helps

Bob Swift

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