Adjusting gibbs on an Easimill CNC

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Hi all.

I've just moved my Denford Easimill into my new workshop this weekend and to fit it through the door I've had to remove the table and saddle from the knee. So obviously I've given it all a good clean before reassembly but I'm wondering what the spec was for clearance on the gibbs?

​I've adjusted them up to the pint of feeling tight when slid by hand and then backed them off slightly but I've still got about 2 thou of play when I put a DTI on the front of the table about 4" from the centre, most of this is in the saddle (Y axis) I can go slightly tighter but I may get slight binding at the back, the middle and front section has probably been the most used area of the slides so I'd expect this.

The table seems fine and I tend to move my vice and clamping position around to spread the wear but there isn't much room front to back to do this.

I realise there is always a trade off with old machines but it'd be nice to get it within spec if possible, having said that it's now tighter than it was before disassembly.
Also the machine hasn't had a huge amount of use so there should only be a small amount of wear.

Steve

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