Hi Michael welcome I have had the same problem on my 900 in the past the y axis vibrating and moving while doing a spiral and unchecked I ended up with a very bad spiral which ended up as fire wood
What I did was make a lock screw from delrin or something soft enough not to damage the rail that screwed through the saddle which i could wind it down on to the rail to stop it moving with vibration while machining The other thing which I did also before that was to make 2 stops and slide them on each side of the cross slide saddle and lock them in place to stop it moving in either direction while machining. As for vibration itself if you're using a chuck extension in your router that's not running true will cause vibration I would run a dial indicator on the router to make sure it's running true I find the larger bits over 2 inches can vibrate a bit but I reduce the router speed to help with this . a out of balance router will really vibrate This is all the things I did anyway Bill From: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com [mailto:legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Michael Garrison Stuber Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2013 12:59 AM To: legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com Subject: Y Axis Movement Hi All, I recently picked up a 1200 used. I've seen them for years and finally bought one. I've upgraded it with a chuck, as well as adding a morse taper tailstock so I could add a live center. I'm considering adding a drive motor, and I'd love some advice. I have a bigger problem at the moment though. When my router is running there is enough vibration that the handle on the Y axis vibrates until the heaviest part reaches the lowest point. To improve this, I switched out the default hand wheel with a better balanced speed handle like you might find on a bridgeport mill. It helped a little, but not enough. Thus, I'll get the Y in the right spot, fire things up, and then it (very slowly) moves. Has anybody else run into this? Any tips? -- Michael Garrison Stuber _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6296 - Release Date: 05/04/13 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6288 - Release Date: 04/30/13 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to legacy-ornamental-mills@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/legacy-ornamental-mills?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
