Studer Ways Rebuild

 Example of two ways we can rebuild

Partial Ways scrapping - If a small section is bad it is possible to do this. Still the cost is going to be about 15,000. This is a machine we had to rescrape the ways and change the ball screws.

Partial rebuild of one X axis way- Picture of Finished ways

Wornout ways with no buttons

Brand new base - Another way is to put in a new base. The cost of a new base and moving all parts can run into 100K. You might as well change the ball screws at this time.

We also have proved how to scrape it on all axes. We do it only if the machine is to be fully rebuild. Enjoy some pictures and videos. It looks simple, anything but. The process is meticulous. It starts with table base, table top, ways straightness, ways parallelism, V ways to be scraped in angle, then between X and z relationship, then Ball screw height adjustment and much more. If you don't understand where the datum point for each part and the relationship, you will end up having a boat anchor.

More picture at the drive