[underthetire]

Just a little heads up. As I was writing the PM sheets for our machines today, I found a somewhat hidden air filter. You must remove a rectangle cover with 4 button head cap screws to get to the filter for the axis drives. Its located on the back of the machine about eye level, approx 10 X 12. Ours are pretty new, so no big deal, but when was the last time if ever you checked yours ?

Better go look !

[DouglasR]

Smart man. Actually, I knew about these little beauties, uncle Mori likes to hide them, and I keep em clean so the machine runs cool.

About once every 8 weeks, I power down and pull the filters, fans, and grills and clean them with simple green. I even take the air ducts out and clean them out too. Amazing amount of junk builds up in these things even in a clean shop.

[underthetire]

Good practice to get in to! I just set up all the timers today to remind the guys to lube the drawbar collet. The nvd's we have have nothing hidden. Just the duras on that one filter.

[DouglasR]

thanks. another thing I do for the older Mori machines that don't have filters, but baffles, and for the okumas is I tape furnace filter over the intakes. keeps the crud out of the systems.