ZX25M mill
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Documentation
The mill is still being commissioned.
The manual is for the ZX25M and the ZX30M. Instruction Manual
Our Mill is the slightly smaller capacity ZX25M.
Commissioning notes:
- Excessive safety interventions removed.
- Work light removed as it wasn't positionable, even with all our LED lights it will still need refitting as the machine itself cast shadows and you can never have enough light at the tool to see what is going on.
- Its all seems to work fine. I haven't changed belts, or tried cutting anything yet but all the chucks, draw-bars, special tools etc. are all there and it sounds ok.
- The accessories could do with a shelf or a shadow board to store them on.
- I haven't leveled it or trammed the head. Probably not worth doing but maybe worth checking how far out it is once we're more sure on the location.
- We could do with a handy look up of spindle speed for different cutter/drill sizes.
- The hand wheels need pushing fully onto the leadscrews, and the setscrews tightening and loctiting. The main cross slide leadscrew is bent on the left hand end and probably needs replacing.
- All slide-ways and oiling points oiled with ISO68 Slideway lubricant.
Tranied Users
Milling cutters:
- 6mm Shank
- 1mm end mill
- 1.5mm end mill
- long 3mm end mill
- 3mm ball nose
- long 3.5mm end mill
- 4mm end mill (2x)
- long 5mm end mill
- Larger Shank
Technical Specs
- Quill Morse Taper
- MT3
- Drawbars
- M10
- M12
- 3/8"-16 UNC
Accessories:
Chucks
Clarke 7610323 End Mill Chuck Set
Posilock Chuck System
Removing a chuck from the mill
Installing the chuck in the mill
Before installing the chuck remove any other tool, cutter or chuck first (see relevant section based on the type of chuck or tool installed).
The Posilock Chuck has an M12 thread in the rear. It needs the M12 Drawbar installing in the top of the Mill Quill
- Check that the Morse taper on the chuck is clean and free of swarf and contamination.
- With the Drawbar in place in the quill fit the chuck in to the Morse taper. Then screw the Drawbar in to the rear of the chuck and pull it up tight with a spanner.
Changing or fitting a cutter to the chuck
The Posilock system is used with milling cutters which are threaded on the end of the tool shank. The cutters come in standard shank diameters with a matching collet for each shank diameter. To mount a tool in the collect
- Select the right collet for the tool shank diameter.
- Insert the threaded end in to the front of the collet until the thread ion the shank engages with the thread in the collet.
- Screw the tool in to the collet until the thread is flush with the end of the collet.
- Unscrew the locking collar from the chuck
- Insert the assembled tool and collet in to the chuck. Ensure that the step engages with the pin in the base of the chuck. The collet should not be positioned on top of the pin.
- With the collet in the chuck fit the locking collar screwing it on to the front of the chuck and tighten until the collar stops on the shoulder.