good time. Brian and I got here early and had at it. Those machine can be temperamental at times. After adjusting the voltage regulator to the keypad (which we do regularly). The regulator is inside a heavy-duty metal cabinet at the end of the vacuum table. There's a motherboard that is 3' x 2' in there. It runs off of 240v three-phase. It's stout. At any rate, after removing the spindle, bearing cars, cleaning everything, replacing the proximity switch (just for fun), we reassembled it. We also...

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Well, apparently we haven't broken any rules. Today's tasks include disassembling the "Z" axis, cleaning, lubricating and recalibrate the X,Y and Z axis. It's a real pita. Started last night, but the worst is yet to come. That's a 4 or 5 hour commitment. Too many deadlines this week, so the timing couldn't be worse. If it's not one thing it's another. But..... Grant us the serenity to accept the crap we can't change......you know the rest. You guys have a great day! ....Mike

As usual, the list of things "to do" were unrealistic. If taking apart the "Z" axis and spindle apart on a CNC router sounds like fun, you may be right. Got enough smut under these fingernails for at two days. Just started an hour ago and this keyboard looks like it.

Disassembled the 54" SR and reduced it to the original size with a mod. Works great. Will have these available soon.

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