Preparing the main body, set at 5 deg and milled a flat.

Drilled and tapped 1/4" bsf and fitted the brass levers

Due to the fact that the holes in the machine are not threaded right through some spacer pins were required

The front end of the pin was machined (bench grinder & file) to 60 deg to match the Gibs.
It occurred to me that if there was ever a need to retrieve them from the holes it would be rather difficult. Say the tapered end didn't line up or something, or they became worn short later etc.
So I drilled a 2.5mm hole in the end so a tapered scribe could be pressed into the backs to grab them.
Worked rather well


All in place, here they are locked

And here un-locked. I will be able to see at a glance if they are locked or not without touching them


I'm happy to say they work rather well and that's one step closer to making this mill further complete.
There should be some to lock the knee as well, not sure how much these would get used ? Comments anyone. So far I have not noticed a problem in not having any. Comments anyone.
And I can't see anywhere they could be fitted to the Y axis
