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  1. trlvn

    Fuse replacement -- CX-706

    @slow-poke Thank you for all of that. Did you change the motor control board (or just a module on it) when you changed the motor from 1 HP to 2 HP? One minor observation. The switches for the gear cover and chuck guard are both on the incoming 110 V line? I would have thought they would be...
  2. trlvn

    Fuse replacement -- CX-706

    Again, I agree. OTOH maybe there is something else going on? For example, if it was somehow a 50 volt DC motor then it could only get to 750W at 15 amps, right? Craig
  3. trlvn

    Fuse replacement -- CX-706

    My front panel fuse, not the one that popped, is labelled 15A. I wonder if the CX706 was revised at some point to use a different speed control system and motor? On another board, a fellow mentioned that his CX706 came with a 10A fuse in the front and 15A at the back--the reverse of mine...
  4. trlvn

    Dividing head de-crustification

    I thought it was 2-1/4 inch diameter by 4-1/2 threads per inch. I remember checking the threads with a 60 degree 4.5 tpi gauge and I thought it fit properly. I'd expected it to be 2-1/4 by 8 tpi. I remember it was 4.5 tpi because that is not a thread pitch that my lathe is listed as being...
  5. trlvn

    Fuse replacement -- CX-706

    @ChazzC I thought I'd settled on 10A but you made me go look again. There is a wiring diagram pasted on the back of my machine just above the fuse I replaced. It also suggests both fuses can or should be 15A. So I checked the PrecissionMatthews manual. The variable speed PM1022 / PM1030...
  6. trlvn

    Tool creep?

    I do the same when putting the vise on the table. It hasn't been moved in quite some time. I did a quick check of my DRO/tram... I locked a 1-2-3 block in the vise and put another block on top of it. Then I put a hardened gauge pin in a collet and touched it to the top of the 1-2-3 blocks...
  7. trlvn

    Tool creep?

    Woohoo! More tools I can buy! Joking aside, I actually have several keyway cutters with threaded shanks. (Another auction score.) I guess I'll keep my eye open for a 1/2" shank Clarkson holder. Craig
  8. trlvn

    Tool creep?

    Re Tram, I surfaced the .400 face with a fly cutter just earlier. I got the same pattern of fly cutter marks going both L->R and R->L so I think the spindle is perpendicular to the X axis. Craig
  9. trlvn

    Tool creep?

    I never thought of that! I did deburr the stock each time before putting it in the vise. I *think* I had the vise clamped to normal tightness but maybe there was some creep there due to the heavy DOC. Craig
  10. trlvn

    Tool creep?

    I'm still a newbie in so many ways and I managed to blow past a dimension while milling a piece of continuous cast ductile iron (Dura-Bar). I think it was tool creep but I wanted to check with the brain trust here. I needed to make a short piece about .400 thick by .750 wide and 1.600 long. I...
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