I did send an email and CC'd the vice president to let him know how disappointed I was. I did carefully word the email stating my observations and that this was a 6 month old piece of machinery in a hobby shop environment. They will be sending me new pieces, I'm just not sure how long it will take...
It certainly would. This is a 6 month old mill with a 2 year warranty. I am going to give King a chance to make it right before I go spending my money
The original lead screw had a few rough spots. The "new" part was a coarse as a rasp. Absolutely un-usable and the lead screw nut was piss-wobbly loose also. I stand to be corrected, but, I feel it should turn smoothly but not be able to teeter back and forth.
I will try to get my camera to focus and get a good picture.
Thats what the split is for expand or tighten it to remove the play, its lime having 2 loose nuts pushed apart by a spring to remove end play or act as a jamb nut (or in this case not to jamb but remove play).
Probably should be tighter then piss wobbly even if its designed to be pushed or pulled into the split nut.
Well, hopefully the third time is the charm........ About now, I think I would be tempted to use it as a rectal thermometer for the king himself.....
Yes it is. I have bought King woodworking equipment in the past and was extremely happy with it. My first experience with the metalworking, not so much...
With or with out lapping compound ???Well, hopefully the third time is the charm........ About now, I think I would be tempted to use it as a rectal thermometer for the king himself.....
Still waiting for the replacement parts. They had a technician inspect the new parts before shipping them. I expect to see it in the next week
Handle holes that you have to mill; I assume these are the holes that the roll pins go in to hold the ends on? If so, weird that these aren't already drilled as I would expect that the part should be drop-in....perhaps another QC issue and this step got missed at the factory.
It was a frustrating experience and it took them a couple tries to get things made right, but my machine is back functioning as it should. I also felt that was an odd thing to not be completed, I have since heard of several others that have had the same experience so yes, King seems to have a batch of bad product.
Good to hear that you finally got it sorted; I'm trying to deal with King myself at the moment and every bit of info they've provided has been false/incomplete. In reference to your issue, here is what they are claiming:
Good idea; I'd like to explore tapping the OEM table nut out to 1-10 acme and see how much material is left (without spending $200+ for the tap). Table nut has a flange on it so I don't think this could be turned in a lathe...is there another way to get that thread bored out from .925 to 1"?
