I picked up my Sieg X3 this morning and finally got it mostly broke
down. In my X3, there is no gas strut in the column. The collar is
drilled for it, however.

Machine had a sort of "paste" here and there. Looks like fine
milling or grinding residue.

Be careful, the table edges in the dovetail areas are damn sharp.

Louis Ohland wrote:
I picked up my Sieg X3 this morning and finally got it mostly broke
down. In my X3, there is no gas strut in the column. The collar is
drilled for it, however.

So what counterbalances the weight of the head?
Don't tell me it has that clockspring thing like the X2s now have.

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:00:54 -0500, Louis Ohland
wrote:

I picked up my Sieg X3 this morning and finally got it mostly broke
down. In my X3, there is no gas strut in the column. The collar is
drilled for it, however.

Machine had a sort of "paste" here and there. Looks like fine
milling or grinding residue.

Be careful, the table edges in the dovetail areas are damn sharp.

And, how do you know this? grin

Pete Keillor

I was diddling about removing some mounting screws with a hex wrench and
I validated that two physical objects cannot easily share the same space
at once. Cut my left index finger a bit at the third joint.

Pete Keillor wrote:
Be careful, the table edges in the dovetail areas are damn sharp.
And, how do you know this? grin

The column is empty except for the vertical acme screw. There is no coil
spring or counterbalance.

Who carries a air strut to install there?

Rex B wrote:

Louis Ohland wrote:
I picked up my Sieg X3 this morning and finally got it mostly broke
down. In my X3, there is no gas strut in the column. The collar is
drilled for it, however.

So what counterbalances the weight of the head?
Don't tell me it has that clockspring thing like the X2s now have.

On Mon, 24 Apr 2006 20:59:12 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm,
Louis Ohland quickly quoth:

The column is empty except for the vertical acme screw. There is no coil
spring or counterbalance.

Who carries a air strut to install there?

I wonder if the strut from the ShopFox mortiser (ww tool) would fit
that. Call Grizzly and get the specs, or I can measure mine if you
like.

Congrats on the new mill. Ship it to me and I'll check the size and
break it in for you at no charge, Lou.


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I think that's called a "finger gauge".

Louis Ohland wrote:
I was diddling about removing some mounting screws with a hex wrench and
I validated that two physical objects cannot easily share the same space
at once. Cut my left index finger a bit at the third joint.

Pete Keillor wrote:

Be careful, the table edges in the dovetail areas are damn sharp.

And, how do you know this? grin