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    New machine day

    Off topic but I really can't understand why they wouldn't have bellows. Both on manuals and CNC mills things can go flying, coolant goes everywhere... Weird I think Br, Thanos
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    Deckel FVT2 dividing head nose dimensions?

    Mine as well.... Would have never imagined this, deckel guys seemed to have some fun from time to time.... Bruce had made a backplate years ago, I am sure he mentioned this but I can't recall Br, Thanos
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    Deckel FP1 collet / Deckel SO

    Afaik there were some 16 mm similar collets for an old high-speed head. Apart from those, all 20 mm 'deckel' collets are the same. I think they are called 355E officially but you can find them as U2 as well. There are dead cheap copies from china, I mean really cheap. For a grinder I think...
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    Maho MH300 vertical head alignment pins

    take it easy and they'll come out easily if you don't use ape force there is no fear (most of the times) of damaging something
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    Maho MH300 vertical head alignment pins

    yeap, I'd assume you use a slide hammer puller to pull it out. or, if you are sure about the hole bottom drop a ball in there and just screw a bolt to pull it out or use a spacer, a flat bar with a hole in the middle, a piece of all-thread and a nut to pull it out BR, Thanos
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    Maho MH300 vertical head alignment pins

    I can see some screws in these pins, no?
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    FP1 bogging down

    If it does not improve with spindle gears in neutral then it's not the spindle binding, that's good news (I assume it's plain bronze bearing spindle)
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    Deckel FP1 copy issues

    Hey Adrian, for the sake of discussion, I really believe that a lot can go wrong when trying to push with a press. The drawbar is a long and thin part, not guided perfectly, no register going into that sleeve as a guide, with a big gap between the spindle bore. It can easily snap or bend...
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    Deckel FP1 copy issues

    I'd suggest against pushing anything related to the spindle with a press. Many can go very wrong. The safe way is to pull. Either with the nut threads, the hydraulic nut that Peter suggested or a dedicated puller that Bruce has made once (for a different machine but the idea stays the same)...
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    Adjusting Z Axis Jib

    As I said above, if it were an issue of 'it's too hard to lift because of weight that I am not used at' then it would have considerable difference when you moved downwards. So it's something else
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    Adjusting Z Axis Jib

    Doesn't seem like a two-piece nut from the picture Peter (the first OPs pic)
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    Deckel FP1 copy issues

    I would not hit it from above. make a beefy nut, I guess with a hole for a pin or a threaded hole for a large screw, say M16 and above. to get it out, be prepared to really smack it. If you're lucky it'll come out easily
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    Deckel FP1 copy issues

    if you have a mill, you have a lathe I suppose, so just make a nut as Peter suggested BR, Thanos
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    Adjusting Z Axis Jib

    Hi there, this could be an objective thing, since heavier slides need more force to move up. My FP1 copy was very very light on Z, my FP2 not so much, my FP3 not so much at all. Yet, if it were a weight thing, moving the table down would have a lot of difference. Could it be your bevel gearing...
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    Deckel FP1 copy issues

    Hi there, welcome, a deckel FP1 copy has, mostly likely, MT4 tapers, but this is not important at the moment. You have a MT4 to E355 adapter in your vertical spindle, so that you can use those collets you said are similar to R8 (they are, indeed). See that external thread on your adapter...
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    UPA3 trivial (?) questions

    Well, definitely finesse on my side, pure luck on yours :P Jokes aside, I am not sure the 'jumping' into rapid retract is what you want. That spring cut when the feed has tripped can be useful. On my head, I repeat, tripping was very gentle. Hence, no way it would jump into rapid retract, I...
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    UPA3 trivial (?) questions

    Hey there, I did it! I had setup on the rotab so I could have just fly-cut it but out of curiosity, proactiveness and respect to the contributors I decided to try the text-book case :) So, my first encounter with feed trips on the UPA went super smoothly. The force it took to trip was far...
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    Sort of OT New website online Comments please

    looks fine, has all one needs
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    UPA3 trivial (?) questions

    very interesting to hear, many thanks!
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    UPA3 trivial (?) questions

    Thanks Ross, clearly put. I had to take the setup apart (had to run another task) but I'll set it up again anyhow to machine the outer contour. Since I am going to use the rotab for that, I, initially, planned on 'fly cutting' the groove: grooving tool in the spindle and using the rotab for the...

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