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Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 11:04 am
by tommyrich
I found a small black hex screw after cleaning up from using the lathe and I can't seem to locate it's home on the 510. And I can't figure out how to upload the pic on from my phone.
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 12:43 pm
by JPG
tommyrich wrote:I found a small black hex screw after cleaning up from using the lathe and I can't seem to locate it's home on the 510. And I can't figure out how to upload the pic on from my phone.
How a verbal description?
Thread size - pitch, length, head shape . . .
IF a 5/16-18 x 1/4 set screw, likely the set screw securing the tubes to the base casting.
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 2:53 pm
by dusty
JPG wrote:tommyrich wrote:I found a small black hex screw after cleaning up from using the lathe and I can't seem to locate it's home on the 510. And I can't figure out how to upload the pic on from my phone.
How a verbal description?
Thread size - pitch, length, head shape . . .
IF a 5/16-18 x 1/4 set screw, likely the set screw securing the tubes to the base casting.
??? Those set screws in my machines are 5/16-18 x3/8 (502051)
5/16-18 x 1/4 (222458) set screws are used in many different locations
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 3:30 pm
by algale
If it is other than a set screw, i.e. it has a head wider than the body, my wild guess guess it is off the end of the caster assembly control rod.
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:28 pm
by dusty
My bad. He did not say it was a set screw. If other than a set screw...
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:49 pm
by tommyrich
Sorry I did not specify but it is not a set screw.
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 4:53 pm
by algale
check the caster control rod ends. These screws have a tendency to work loose and/or shear off.
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 6:31 pm
by tommyrich
Ok so I found it it's the button head socket screw for the tie bar guard. Which I wasn't even using any near where I found it lol
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 9:10 pm
by JPG
I was guessing the length above. I stand corrected!
Tie bar 'guard'? Trunion?
Re: Found small hex can't find it's home
Posted: Sat Dec 02, 2017 9:46 pm
by algale
JPG wrote:I was guessing the length above. I stand corrected!
Tie bar 'guard'? Trunion?
His nomenclature is correct (for a 510/520). p/n 514115