Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] grizzli mini-mill: hard slides

I had the same problem with a HF minimill

you will probably want to strip the machine down for cleaning anyway
while you are doing that check the gibs for burrs and see if the travel
improves when the lead nuts and lead screw bearing plates are loosened
slightly they may have been misaligned when installed or tweaked in shipping
mine loosened up quite a bit when I let the nuts float to there own centers
before tightening them back down

HTH
Brian

On Thursday 18 July 2002 23:14, you wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I just got my Grizzly mini-mill, and the slides are incredibly hard to
> move. I need to apply almost 10 pounds on the handle (if it is in the
> left/right position) to get it to move.
>
> I checked, and they are not locked.
>
> Is this normal ? Will it loosen up with use, or should I adjust the
> slides ?
>
> bruno