SERVICE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M1109 Combo Lathe/Mill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operation and Work Results

 

 

 

 

 

SYMPTOM

 

 

POSSIBLE CAUSE

 

 

CORRECTIVE ACTION

 

Entire machine

 

1.

Workpiece is unbalanced.

 

1.

Reinstall workpiece so it is as centered with the

 

 

 

 

 

 

vibrates exces-

 

 

 

 

 

spindle bore as possible.

 

 

sively upon

 

2.

Worn or broken gear present.

 

2.

Inspect gears and replace if necessary.

 

 

startup and while

 

3.

Chuck or faceplate has become unbalanced.

 

3.

Rebalance chuck or faceplate; contact a local

 

 

running.

 

 

 

 

 

machine shop for help.

 

 

 

 

4.

Spindle bearings badly worn.

 

4.

Replace spindle bearings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad surface fin-

 

1.

Wrong RPM or feed rate.

 

1.

Adjust for appropriate RPM and feed rate.

 

 

ish.

 

2.

Dull tooling or poor tool selection.

 

2.

Sharpen tooling or select a better tool for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

intended operation.

 

 

 

 

3.

Too much play in gibs.

 

3.

Tighten gibs.

 

 

 

 

4.

Tool too high.

 

4.

Lower the tool position.

 

 

Can't remove

 

1.

Quill had not retracted all the way back into

 

1.

Turn the quill handwheel until it forces taper out

 

 

tapered tool

 

 

the tailstock.

 

 

of quill.

 

 

from tailstock

 

2.

Debris was not removed from taper before

 

2.

Always make sure that taper surfaces are clean.

 

 

quill.

 

 

inserting into quill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross slide, com-

 

1.

Gibs are out of adjustment.

 

1.

Tighten gib screw(s).

 

 

pound slide, or

 

2.

Handwheel is loose.

 

2.

Tighten handwheel fasteners.

 

 

carriage feed has

 

3.

Lead screw mechanism worn or out of adjust-

 

3.

Tighten any loose fasteners on lead screw mecha-

 

 

sloppy operation.

 

 

ment.

 

 

nism.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cross slide, com-

 

1.

Gibs are loaded up with shavings, dust, or

 

1.

Remove gibs, clean ways/dovetails, lubricate, and

 

 

pound slide, or

 

 

grime.

 

 

readjust gibs.

 

 

carriage feed

 

2.

Gib screws are too tight.

 

2.

Loosen gib screw(s) slightly, and lubricate

 

 

handwheel is

 

 

 

 

 

bedways.

 

 

hard to move.

 

3.

Backlash setting too tight (cross slide only).

 

3.

Slightly loosen backlash setting by loosening the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

locking screw and adjusting the spanner ring at the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

end of the handle.

 

 

 

 

4.

Bedways are dry.

 

4.

Lubricate bedways and handles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cutting tool or

 

1.

Tool holder not tight enough.

 

1.

Check for debris, clean, and retighten.

 

 

machine com-

 

2.

Cutting tool sticks too far out of tool holder;

 

2.

Reinstall cutting tool so no more than 1/3 of the

 

 

ponents vibrate

 

 

lack of support.

 

 

total length is sticking out of tool holder.

 

 

excessively dur-

 

3.

Gibs are out of adjustment.

 

3.

Tighten gib screws at affected component.

 

 

ing cutting.

 

4.

Dull cutting tool.

 

4.

Replace or resharpen cutting tool.

 

 

 

 

5.

Incorrect spindle speed or feed rate.

 

5.

Use the recommended spindle speed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inaccurate turn-

 

1.

Headstock and tailstock are not properly

 

1.

Realign the tailstock to the headstock spindle bore

 

 

ing results from

 

 

aligned with each other.

 

 

center line.

 

 

one end of the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

workpiece to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

other.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chuck jaws won't

 

1.

Chips lodged in the jaws.

 

1.

Remove jaws, clean and lubricate chuck threads,

 

 

move or don't

 

 

 

 

 

and replace jaws.

 

 

move easily.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carriage won't

 

1.

Gears are not all engaged.

 

1.

Adjust gear positions.

 

 

feed.

 

2.

Gears are broken.

 

2.

Replace.

 

 

 

 

3.

Loose screw on the feed handle.

 

3.

Tighten.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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