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Manxmodder:
Looking good :thumbup: I guess the process of drilling and countersinking the ways and tapping for the screwed anchor fixings must be coming soon.....OZ.

vtsteam:
Thanks Oz. :beer: Been avoiding it, and having fun with the tailstock instead, since I have to lug the bed down to the cold big shop to drill and countersink on the mill, and make the screw plugs there on the Craftsman (if I don't just go with regular slotted screws).

Been warming up a little and the snow is shrinking and ice on the path is breaking up. I guess tomorrow I'll work on it. Thanks for the nudge! :poke:

Manxmodder:
Steve, for what it's worth I'll share a little experience of my own with a similar fixing solution that I used on a homemade bench drill table.

The drill in question came to me without a table or support arm,so a round table was crafted from a 14" lorry engine flywheel.

The flywheel/table is fixed through the original holes where it was fixed to the crankshaft to a rotatable hub which is mounted into a boss on the support arm.

Firstly I countersunk the holes on the flywheel and used stock countersunk allen screws but it wasn't long before I realised that the hex key recesses were troughs for swarf to accumulate,and a nuisance constantly needing cleaning out so as not to interfere with the flush facing for the vice to set on.

It wasn't very long until I replaced the allen screws with some homemade flush topped ones and no more swarf trap problems since.

Just thought maybe you might encounter a similar problem when traversing the saddle along the bed if swarf gets in the screw slots/heads.......OZ.

vtsteam:
Oz, here you go.... Figured I'd better photograph them now before scraping, because I think they're probably going to be invisible after that:

Manxmodder:
Spot on job :clap: :clap: . Did you make the fasteners from barstock,or use of the shelf screws?.....OZ.

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