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old mart	19/09/2022 21:03:09
4655 forum posts 304 photos	Excellent result, how much did you have to remove?
Brian Abbott	19/09/2022 21:19:41
523 forum posts 95 photos	Thanks all. All cleaned up within 0.030” Anymore and i would have stopped as i wouldn’t want to weaken the T slots. The rest of the machine seems to be in nice condition, some wear as expected with age but nothing untoward, just the table. This is old metal, not sure a new casting would be so forgiving but wanted to share my experience.
not done it yet	20/09/2022 11:45:34
7517 forum posts 20 photos	Posted by Mike Poole on 19/09/2022 19:58:14: It certainly looks good now, that table seems to have led a life of unbelievable carelessness. I have managed to avoid milling the table or vice on my mill or drilling the table of my drill, however i did hit my top slide with a chuck jaw, the bad language didn’t fix it. Mike Easily done by the inexperienced. Loose cutter pulled out of the holder into the work, trying to mill with a drill chuck, cutting direct on the bed and going too deep. I learned very early on, when a cutter was drawn into the work, that things had to be done carefully to avoid such woes. Doing it several times is the naughty bit - but there may have been multiple users of a second hand machine… …It may even have originally been used at an educational establishment?

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