Hi all, before you ask. No I do not know the model number or anything like that. I am a end user in a family owned foundry working on a machineshop startup so we can machine our own parts. Alot of information is unknown about the machine we aquired but what is known its old and hardly works sometimes
Sooo what it is doing on a short simple program is almost always on my 3rd tool change out back to tool one to start over the spindle will freeze up mid tool change. I have hydraulic fluid, its been warmed up with about 10 minutes of dry runs to get that flowing. It is however a open vertical mill so my spindle gets lots of coolant blow off and chips on it. I blow it out every few parts to ensure nothing gets "worse". Apparently that doesn't help
Has anyone run an older le blonde vertical mill and experienced anything like this and knows a possible fix? any help or ideas how to fix or solve this is much appreciated
Sooo what it is doing on a short simple program is almost always on my 3rd tool change out back to tool one to start over the spindle will freeze up mid tool change. I have hydraulic fluid, its been warmed up with about 10 minutes of dry runs to get that flowing. It is however a open vertical mill so my spindle gets lots of coolant blow off and chips on it. I blow it out every few parts to ensure nothing gets "worse". Apparently that doesn't help
Has anyone run an older le blonde vertical mill and experienced anything like this and knows a possible fix? any help or ideas how to fix or solve this is much appreciated