If you go to: http://www.axminster.co.uk/Downloads//700093_manual.pdf
and go to page 16: "Rise and fall mechanism (See Fig Eight)
The rise and fall mechanism is a rack and
pinion device, which drives the head up and
down the main tool post. The rack is mounted
on the main tool post, housed in two bevelled
cup keepers (one at the top, one at the
bottom) which allows the rack to pivot around
the tool post with the milling head"
Now given the main objection to Mill-Drills is lack of head alignment when it's moved up and down, has anyone pinned and bolted the rack to the coloumn to improve things??? It could always be un-bolted if you wanted to rotate the head.
Vic.
and go to page 16: "Rise and fall mechanism (See Fig Eight)
The rise and fall mechanism is a rack and
pinion device, which drives the head up and
down the main tool post. The rack is mounted
on the main tool post, housed in two bevelled
cup keepers (one at the top, one at the
bottom) which allows the rack to pivot around
the tool post with the milling head"
Now given the main objection to Mill-Drills is lack of head alignment when it's moved up and down, has anyone pinned and bolted the rack to the coloumn to improve things??? It could always be un-bolted if you wanted to rotate the head.
Vic.