Greetings, this is my first post.
I am trying to remove the apron from the carriage on my 6300, I need to tighten up the carriage gib, as there is up and down "chuck" of the carriage on the ways. I have removed the 4 large (3/8?) Allen cap screws and the apron won't budge. I removed the end cap from the lead screw and removed the carriage/apron assembly from the ways, and still can't get the apron to budge. I've used various non marring hammers to try to coax it free, to no avail. By...
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I am trying to remove the apron from the carriage on my 6300, I need to tighten up the carriage gib, as there is up and down "chuck" of the carriage on the ways. I have removed the 4 large (3/8?) Allen cap screws and the apron won't budge. I removed the end cap from the lead screw and removed the carriage/apron assembly from the ways, and still can't get the apron to budge. I've used various non marring hammers to try to coax it free, to no avail. By...
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