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  1. Mach3 soft limit lathe Shopmaster Mill Turn

    I'm having problems using soft limits for the lathe on my Mill Turn. It always says 'machine out of limits for softlimit activation'. I've tried moving the table on all 4 corners, of home, and...
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    Re: Shopmaster 2014 and older tram

    As my El Dorado came, it saged by the fifth column. I've always only trammed the mill bridge when changing the height of the mill bridge by stacking parallels on the 4 column base plate and...
  3. Re: 2015 Mill-Yurn missing steps x-axis at almost any speed

    Making sure that the pulley allen set screws, on the stepper motor shaft, are tight might help. I had a intermitant crashing sound on the Z axis (mill) in the middle of travel (cutting air so far). ...
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    Re: Stiffness of milling head

    I've never had a good look at a Patriot, but for stiffening my Eldorado's mill bridge, I sandwitched a stack (as needed) of parallels between the 4 column mounting plate and tightened the mill bridge...
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    Mill Turn caster wheel replacement

    I purchased a demo/tester Mill Turn. As I received it, the caster wheel tires were falling apart. I replace the tires from WWW,sescasters,com. I believe the part number is WPHXKK3.112XXXR8S (A...
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    Re: Shopmaster Mill Turn mill tram

    As I already mentioned, I did receive instructions for tramming by shimming the mill head spindle housing. I thought it more solid to shim the bottom 3 corresponding columns and noticed that shims...
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    Re: Shopmaster Mill Turn mill tram

    I have been able to correspond with Shopmaster regarding this. My memory's vague, but I think correspondences did not work through the Shopmaster website but did through direct Email so they were...
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    Re: Shopmaster Mill Turn mill tram

    Hi JT
    S# MS0150015
    Thank you.
    Walt
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    Re: NEW MILL TURN ARRIVED

    With my Mill Turn, moving the Z axis manually seems to have about the same drag going up and down (to my surprise (compared to my Eldorado anyway ))
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    Shopmaster Mill Turn mill tram

    Any suggestions for tramming the mill? I emailed Shopmaster and I have not receive a reply. It would be nice if a parts breakdown was available, which might help.
    I received their demo/tester. ...
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    Re: NEW MILL TURN ARRIVED

    I'd like to know as well, for my Mill Turn. I emailed Shopmaster and I got no reply.
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