First off, I apologize to the many people who have kindly written some nice and very thorough posts to some queries I have. I owe you all replies and I am sorry - kind of a difficult week but I will get back and thank you again.
I am finally putting my mill together, building the base. I need to get some wood planed down by my luthier friend - I found after first attempting with some microscopically warped 2 x 10, then very straight 2 x 6, that I need 1 1/4" and not 1 1/2" under the mill, once the motor is well-seated.
Which has given me plenty of opportunity to look at the underside of the mill. I've had to admit the truth, and that is that the center, passive roller only goes about 3/4-7/8 of the way and then stops. Not a "terrible" or "hard" stop, but it's definitely not spinning totally freely.
I've been loathe to have to take the hopper off to adjust again, but is that what I have to do? Can anyone diagnose the problem, and advise? Is this a problem where the adjustment rollers on either side were adjusted out of sync, or is this that the base itself is somehow askew, or too tight somehow?
Thanks for any help. Obtained a chop saw, flux-core/mig, angle grinder from my builder friend, and will be getting at the frame this weekend.
Oh, stupid question - when you have stainless steel little parts (pump mounts, heat shield), and you're painting the frame for as good a heat resistance as you can get, do you paint it first then weld this ss pieces on? Or mask the ss pieces? I only ask as I don't think you can weld on a painted surface, and when I look at mild frames with these pieces on this site, I can't tell how it's done as they look perfect (I know, dumb question).
I am finally putting my mill together, building the base. I need to get some wood planed down by my luthier friend - I found after first attempting with some microscopically warped 2 x 10, then very straight 2 x 6, that I need 1 1/4" and not 1 1/2" under the mill, once the motor is well-seated.
Which has given me plenty of opportunity to look at the underside of the mill. I've had to admit the truth, and that is that the center, passive roller only goes about 3/4-7/8 of the way and then stops. Not a "terrible" or "hard" stop, but it's definitely not spinning totally freely.
I've been loathe to have to take the hopper off to adjust again, but is that what I have to do? Can anyone diagnose the problem, and advise? Is this a problem where the adjustment rollers on either side were adjusted out of sync, or is this that the base itself is somehow askew, or too tight somehow?
Thanks for any help. Obtained a chop saw, flux-core/mig, angle grinder from my builder friend, and will be getting at the frame this weekend.
Oh, stupid question - when you have stainless steel little parts (pump mounts, heat shield), and you're painting the frame for as good a heat resistance as you can get, do you paint it first then weld this ss pieces on? Or mask the ss pieces? I only ask as I don't think you can weld on a painted surface, and when I look at mild frames with these pieces on this site, I can't tell how it's done as they look perfect (I know, dumb question).
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