Nice work Ted. i really have to chuckle in that this is practically the same exact machine that I have except mine was sold by Harbor Freight under their Central Machinery brand. Grizzly also sells this same exact machine in their color and brand name. I remember the Rong Fu brand back in the 90's but haven't seen it since. Something my machine has that I've never seen anywhere else is that it has a quill feed which is great when boring a hole with a boeing head.

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comments. They are the same as far as I know, just depends on when & what companies purchased the mills, & what the later models & accessories came with. Votages etc depended on the countries that purchased them . Some also came out with resersable motors.

Coming together nicely Ted. 👍👍

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian. Getting there slowly

Thanks mate. I did mine 3 monts ago

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. Did you have excess Micro Qill wheel backlash Also did you come across a correct size Klingon Batlef as used by Worf ?

tear down

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

Gday & thanks for your comment .

Well, looking at the bottom part, it starts to look like a mill again :)

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rusty, now all we have to do is line up all the little men with the Tramming etc, & hope we don't have to strip to much down

It's time to extended the slot in the casting and you will get more Y travel.

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your suggestion. I am getting full travel right up to the round column, unless your talking towards the front ?

@markdion9932

Жыл бұрын

@@TedRoza- yes towards the front, I gained 2 full inches. And that's with mounting DRO and cut off switch for the power feed. And then I extended the Y handle thru the chip tray.

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

​@Mark Dion Thanks will check out to see to see if it will warrant extension

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the pics, they look great. The sheild similar to mine

Hey Ted I’ve just done the same to my machine and as I was putting it back together I realised I couldn’t remember which way the Y axis leadscrew nut faced. I thought to myself oh it should face the column so that you can get to the adjusting screw, but when I checked the manual it said it should face the other way. Any thoughts?

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

G'day Leon, Thanks for your comments. The adjustment nut on the Y axis should generally face to the rear column because when you move the Y towards the front, you are able to adjust the slack in the nut. +++ That’s how mine was from Brand New

@freestyla101

Жыл бұрын

@@TedRoza yeah I thought the same. It’s the rong fu manual that shows it facing the front of the mill. Strange but I agree with you.

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

@@freestyla101 If you tried to go from the front, you would find the vice etc would be in the way, + there isn't an access hole from the front as is from the rear section

@freestyla101

Жыл бұрын

@@TedRoza yeah true. Where did you get your precision ground stones? I’ve got a few dings on my table that need flattening.

@TedRoza

Жыл бұрын

@leonidude With the stones, it depens what location your in Myself I'm in Perth Australia