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| vtsteam:
Thanks Simon, Joe, Zadig! :beer: It looks pretty good this morning -- the gap varies by only .004" over the full length, and the outside way width by .003" total. Within light scraping tolerances, so I hope to get through that process without a marathon of blue. Real happy with this construction so far. With the electric heater and heat lamp on, shop and lathe bed stayed warm overnight, Good thing since we dropped down to -13C last night. |
| Brass_Machine:
Steve, Was waiting to see how everything turned out. It is starting to look unmistakeably like a lathe bed. Quite nice. How much do anticipate this thing to weigh? Eric |
| PekkaNF:
Nice one! Really exited to see how do mount the headstock. I'm sure there is plan (sound effects here). Pekka |
| vtsteam:
Thanks Eric, Pekka! :beer: The bed now weighs exactly 50 pounds (22 kilos) and the headstock will be built with slides and gib and gib screws, just like the tailstock, so it can be bored while traveling along the ways. This makes the spindle bore parallel to the ways. Then it is bolted in position. This also means that if the headstock ever needs to be removed, it can be replaced in proper bed orientation, as long as the gibs are tightened, without need for measurement. The slides in the headstock do not wear, nor do the ways where it is normally positioned. |
| Manxmodder:
Steve,you're doing a superb job on this. Good job on the alignment,hopefully that will reward you with a lot less scraping to get it all spot on. As with most challenges it is the mindset that really counts,and what I see with this and many of your other projects is that you are a guy who applies himself to the project and problems really well. Great job,keep it up. :thumbup:.......OZ. |
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