wyn
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I was a bit careless this afternoon and put a 20mm slot drill across the table of my milling machine.
The workpiece was packed up on 6mm strips. But i lifted the "Knee" too high.
The cut is 3" long and goes from about 0.2mm at the front (right hand side)to 1.2mm at the back and straight across a 5/8 T slot. The increasing depth at the back i hope is down to the fact that i didn't have the travel of the knee locked in place.
Anyway what i was after was some advice on repairing the table. The way i see it is i might have 3 options
1....Leave it and learn to live with it.
2...Fill it with some sort of plastic metal type stuff then machine back.
3....A welded or brazed repair then machine back. What sort of method and type of filler/ rod would be best?
Any suggestions appreciated
Thanks
Wyn.
The bottom pic is the damage being caused.
The workpiece was packed up on 6mm strips. But i lifted the "Knee" too high.
The cut is 3" long and goes from about 0.2mm at the front (right hand side)to 1.2mm at the back and straight across a 5/8 T slot. The increasing depth at the back i hope is down to the fact that i didn't have the travel of the knee locked in place.
Anyway what i was after was some advice on repairing the table. The way i see it is i might have 3 options
1....Leave it and learn to live with it.
2...Fill it with some sort of plastic metal type stuff then machine back.
3....A welded or brazed repair then machine back. What sort of method and type of filler/ rod would be best?
Any suggestions appreciated
Thanks
Wyn.
The bottom pic is the damage being caused.