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| vtsteam:
Yesterday was a full day 8-7 on the bridge. Today we poured some of the blocks in the morning, but that left the afternoon free. So I was able to countersink and mount the T-bars, and then mill the surface flat. We have to do what we can, when we can! :whip: |
| S. Heslop:
Hell yeah, that looks awesome! |
| RotarySMP:
Nice work. On the whole lathe project. When I made the built up, steel, T-slot table for my little 7x12 chinese lathe, I also epoxied the parts together, in case the screws work loose. http://wrathall.com/Interests/machining/T-slot_cross_slide6.htm Mark |
| vtsteam:
Thanks Simon! :beer: Hi Mark, I thought about that earlier, but decided I wanted to be able to change things around easily. I did epoxy and screw the way pieces to the lathe bed back two years and twenty some-odd pages ago. We fastened our tee-bars differently I noticed -- it looks like yours are fastened only at the ends, while mine are fastened all the way across. Both make sense depending on whether there is or isn't a glue assist. Looks like you have a nice site. Thanks for letting me see that. :beer: |
| vtsteam:
I took a short length of hot rolled 4" x 1/2" steel bar, cleaned it up, and bored a 1" hole 1-1/8" from one side. Then I turned a 1" dia. shoulder onto a 1-1/4" round bar. and deeply chamfered the end. |
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