01-17-2015, 02:22 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-17-2015, 02:24 PM by mike-sid.
Edit Reason: Forgot to mention that I'm making a new shaft.
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I made a cut today and decided my mill's head was out of tram. No big deal...wrong. When I tried to loosen up the ram that holds my head, one of the levers just kept spinning. Here is the result.
![[Image: Frakenmillrepair1022_zpsc4784664.jpg]](http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb28/mike-sid/Fraken%20mill%20repair/Frakenmillrepair1022_zpsc4784664.jpg)
![[Image: Frakenmillrepair1020_zps229ea9ee.jpg]](http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb28/mike-sid/Fraken%20mill%20repair/Frakenmillrepair1020_zps229ea9ee.jpg)
![[Image: Frakenmillrepair1005_zps7c29e8ab.jpg]](http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb28/mike-sid/Fraken%20mill%20repair/Frakenmillrepair1005_zps7c29e8ab.jpg)
The shaft is threaded 3/8" x 24 tpi and is attached to the lever with a pin. The pin was sheared off and the screw shaft is bent at the top. Thinking back to the last time I adjusted the head, I noticed something was wrong but I had the head trued up and left it like that. Thinking way back, I think the shaft was bent getting it into my shop.
Time to get busy. Forgot to mention that I'm making a new shaft.
![[Image: Frakenmillrepair1022_zpsc4784664.jpg]](http://s204.photobucket.com/user/mike-sid/media/Fraken%20mill%20repair/Frakenmillrepair1022_zpsc4784664.jpg.html)
![[Image: Frakenmillrepair1020_zps229ea9ee.jpg]](http://s204.photobucket.com/user/mike-sid/media/Fraken%20mill%20repair/Frakenmillrepair1020_zps229ea9ee.jpg.html)
![[Image: Frakenmillrepair1005_zps7c29e8ab.jpg]](http://s204.photobucket.com/user/mike-sid/media/Fraken%20mill%20repair/Frakenmillrepair1005_zps7c29e8ab.jpg.html)
The shaft is threaded 3/8" x 24 tpi and is attached to the lever with a pin. The pin was sheared off and the screw shaft is bent at the top. Thinking back to the last time I adjusted the head, I noticed something was wrong but I had the head trued up and left it like that. Thinking way back, I think the shaft was bent getting it into my shop.
Time to get busy. Forgot to mention that I'm making a new shaft.