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| Bernd:
Andy, Thanks for the links. I did a quick scan of them and will read up later. Looks like another alternative. I'm also thinking of possibly hand scrapping. My main concern is making sure that it it stays square and level through out the whole procedure. Bernd |
| Darren:
It would be nice to learn how to hand scrape, though I imagine a touch tedious :dremel: |
| Bernd:
Daren, My dad did a lot of hand scrapping. He even showed me how to do round pieces. Now that's interesting. The place I work at, on the assembly floor of the shop, a lot of scraping was done. So I know how it's done and some of the secreates behind it. I just haven't done it myself. And it's very labor intensive. Bernd |
| bogstandard:
Bernd, I can only give you a personal view on this as the descision has to be yours. If there are no areas along the length of all ways that have gaps (it shows as a complete stripe), then I would leave it as it is. The machine marks are maybe less than 0.001" deep, and although it looks a lot, it most probably isn't. When you have a perfectly hand scraped bed, you are not looking at a flat surface, but one covered in man made craters with the opposing surface running on the tops of the crater holes. The holes serve a purpose, and that is to hold lubrication, like tiny oil reservoirs all over the place. In my mind, your rough surface will do the same job. That is just my way of thinking. John |
| Bernd:
John, I've done some more checking. I'll post pics later. Those marks are as deep as craters. I think they machined these parts right after taking them out of the mold. I've decided I need to try and machine the surface that the cariage slides on. I'll post my thoughts about it with in the next couple of days. Thanks for the input. Bernd |
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