MILLING MACHINE TABLE TRAVEL STOPS

[Brian Rupnow]

My self I don't think I would have removed the other table lock. Using just one all the to the far right is bound to cock the table just a bit. If your side milling a long part in the Y axis it may not be a perpendicular cut now. I lock both of mine on my full size knee mill just to be sure.

Not so on my mill. Those crazy plastic handles just lock the gib on the dovetail.

 

[deere_x475guy]

Yes thats what they all do but hey...if your table doesn't cock just a bit then your good to go. I would wonder what you would find if you put a dial indicator and then lock just the one side.