Maintenance - Axminster ZX25M User Manual

Maintenance...

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Your Mill is a precision tool. In order to maintain this precision and prolong
its useful life, it is advised that you follow the recommended daily and periodic
maintenance tables printed below.
Daily
Carry out a visual inspection. Repair any damage immediately. Minor damage to the beds
should be taken out with an oilstone.
Move the worktable and the traverse feed back and forth by hand, check that the movement
is smooth.
Spread a light film of oil over the worktable and the traverse slide bed.
Oil the end bearings of the drive shafts. Squirt oil onto the slide faces of mating components.
Exercise the components to ensure the oil is spread over both visible and obscure surfaces.
Daily after-use
1. Clean all swarf and chips away from the machine bed, slide surfaces, and the tool post.
2. Exercise the slides and ensure no swarf etc., is lodged in the drive shaft tunnels.
If you have been using a coolant make sure the machine is thoroughly dried off.
3. Check the tool, ensure it is usable the next time, if not re-sharpen or replace the tool tip.
4. Lightly oil spray all the machine beds and surfaces.
5. Clean and lightly oil any tools you may have been using (drill chucks, spanners,
chuck keys etc), and put them away.
6. Switch off the power supply. Disconnect the plug.
7. Cover the machine over with a dust cloth.
Weekly
1. Move the traverse slide fully back to give access to the tunnel, blow out to make sure all
swarf is cleared away and heavily spray oil the tunnel, exercise the slide to work the oil into
the drive thread and to lubricate the dog.
2. Spray oil the slide and the worktable bed, exercise the worktable to spread the oil
to all surfaces, both hidden and visible.
3. Spray oil under the bed onto the drive screw, exercise to ensure the oil is coating all
components.
4. Check the movement of the worktable and the traverse slide, check it is smooth and 'tight',
if necessary reset the gybe strips, until the movements are smooth and tight.
5. Wipe the quill outer sleeve clean and lightly oil, exercise the quill to spread the oil in the
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sleeve bushes.