Axminster SIEG X1 Super Micro Mill Mk2 User Manual download pdf (Page 17)

Maintenance

Your Mill is a precision tool. In order to maintain this precision and prolong its useful life,

it is advised that you follow the recommended daily and periodic maintenance tables

printed below.

Daily and Periodic Maintenance

Daily

Carry out a visual inspection. Repair any damage immediately. Minor damage to the

beds should be taken out with an oilstone.

Move the worktable and the traverse feed back and forth by hand, check that the

movement is smooth.

Spread a light film of oil over the worktable and the traverse slide bed.

Oil the end bearings of the drive shafts. Squirt oil onto the slide faces of mating

components.

Exercise the components to ensure the oil is spread over both visible and obscure

surfaces.

Daily after-use

1. Clean all swarf and chips away from the machine bed, slide surfaces, and the tool

post.

2. Exercise the slides and ensure no swarf etc., is lodged in the drive shaft tunnels.

If you have been using a coolant make sure the machine is thoroughly dried off.

3. Check the tool, ensure it is usable the next time, if not re-sharpen or replace the tool

tip.

4. Lightly oil spray all the machine beds and surfaces.

5. Clean and lightly oil any tools you may have been using (drill chucks, spanners,

chuck keys etc), and put them away.

6. Switch off the power supply. Disconnect the plug.

7. Cover the machine over with a dust cloth.

Weekly

1. Move the traverse slide fully back to give access to the tunnel, blow out to make sure

all swarf is cleared away and heavily spray oil the tunnel, exercise the slide to work the

oil into the drive thread and to lubricate the dog.

2. Spray oil the slide and the worktable bed, exercise the worktable to spread the oil

to all surfaces, both hidden and visible.

3. Spray oil the underside of the machine onto the drive screws, exercise to ensure the

oil is coating all components.

4. Clean and spray oil the rise and fall drive screw, exercise to ensure all parts are

coated.

5. Check the movement of the worktable, the traverse slide and the head, check they

are smooth and ‘tight’, if necessary reset the gybe strips until the movements are

smooth and tight.

6. Wipe the quill outer sleeve clean and lightly oil, exercise the quill to spread the oil in

the sleeve bushes.

Monthly

a) Give the motor a good ‘blow through’ to remove any dust, dirt etc,

b) Check all the interlocks function correctly.

Accessories

There are numerous accessories for the machine listed in the Axminster catalogue.

Some are illustrated at the rear of this manual.

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