My KX3, tweaks and misc. stuff

[Guldberg]

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Hurray. Yesterday it arrived in a giant crater. My very own brand new Sieg KX3.
This is going to be my log for the various tweaks and mods i plan to do.
Here is the stuff i plan to do:

A solid stand and full enclouse
Bolt the coloum to the wall to increase rigidty
ATC, Hass style

Well, now for the pics

The mandatory crate pictures. I got it delivered at my home. Since i live in appartment it had to spend the night outside.
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Today the carrier picked it up and transportet it to the student workshop where i do my hobby. Off the crater went, and look what i found inside
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The pallet was 1m and the door 0.9m, so i had to fine tune it with a jig saw. Anyway, this is how it looks right out the box
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The first thing i did was to remove that strange splash protective thingy around the table. Here after i noticed that the limitswitches was set a little to the safe side, thereby loosing some travel, so i adjusted them properly. Also i removed that hideous red grease. At least it was only a thin layer in most parts.

Ofcause i had to open it up and have a look inside. Neetly wired. Look at that huge power supply
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In the back all the spindle hardware is hidden
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I also took the top cover off, you can get a glims of the spindle motor
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First program running. Just a simple circle test to hear it humming.
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And lastly the goodies i bought along with the mill. The wooden box is a complete set of parallels.
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Thats it for now. Maybe ill do a small test cut tomorrow, but before it sits bolted to a solid stand its difficult to make a judgement

[Crevice Reamer]

Hi Guldberg! Great Pics! Thanks!

Here's a cleaner link:

http://picasaweb.google.dk/jacobguld...t=embedwebsite

CR.

[dfmiller]

Nice pics,
Yours is red, mine is blue. I think you have a lower serial #. Strange I got mine a month or so ago.
Have fun and I look forward to more pictures.
Dave

[Guldberg]

im pretty sure the color depends on the seller. Where did you buy yours?
Ive made a similar thread in the build log subforum where the embedding works and ask for this one to be deleted