Elementary Sieg X2 Plus questions

Just unboxed and started cleaning my new Sieg X2 Plus mini-mill today.

Can both tables be removed without detriment ? And is it a simple matter to put them back on again?

I would like to clean off the grease from underneath as well, if that is doable.

Also, is the gubbins at the left hand side with the slotted bar some kind of spring mechanism to prevent the head from crashing down?

I did say they were elementary questions ...

Thanks David. I guess I used the wrong terminology there btw, apologies ... there is only one table, isn't there.

So I can remove the table, and then I can remove the ... Y axis undercarriage? Or whatever the proper name for it is ... and then clean them and reassemble . No snags likely to crop up ?

Hi to quote and old mentor of mine "If a man can build a machine then men can dismantle it".

Reasonably easy to stip and clean an X2 mill be careful and lock the head at the top of it's travel.

with block of wood under the head casting to stop it crashing down.

The carefully remove the "Gubbins" by releasing the tension spring first.

Remember RTFMF and study the exploded parts diagram as to what goes where.

The head should be resting on the wood block

Remove the stop from the column and remove the clamp screw and the gib adjustment screws and the gib strip will fall out.

You can now lift the head up and off the column.

DO NOT seperate the the two castings that make up the spindle head.

Have fun with your new mill

Eric

Thanks Eric ... I am not sure that I am up to actually dismantling the head from the column, despite your very clear instructions. Anything involving springs I run a mile from .

I did in fact today slather loads of white spirit up and down the column with a paintbrush, while moving the head up and down, and wiped the gunk off with paper towels, so it's reasonably clean up there now (I think and hope).

There's a good pictorial guide to dismantling and reassembling the X1L mill here . The table is almost identical to that on the X2P.

Yes, "the gubbins at the left hand side with the slotted bar" is to take some of the weight of the head. It makes using it as a drill easier.

Russell.