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Stilldrillin:
Just a quick 'un. Though it took me a long time.......  :palm:

I didn't like the look of the contraptions which held my 7 x 12 saddle in place.......




Also, I didn't like the horror stories of loose and broken strips.  :Doh:

I spotted a suggestion of an easy way of sorting the problem, and bought a  length of 6mm m/s.  :thumbup:

Never did have any trouble! So, it all got forgotten, until I spotted the strip in my store pile.  :scratch:

Now, I know...... "If it's not broke, don't fix it". But, 6 years had passed.........  :bugeye:

I measured the stand off between each strip, and casting. 20thou, front. 5thou rear, and machined the same size steps in the new strips.....




The screws, spaced exactly/ accurately 40mm apart, were replaced with 6mm studding, loctited in place.......




The strips, held with nyloc nuts can now be adjusted easier.......




And give a better bearing area than the originals.

It was blummin cold, out in the workshop. So, I did a quick bit of parting off...... It cheerfully handled an old 1/2" caphead screw!  :D

David D

PeterE:
Ahhh, thanks a bunch for that idea  :headbang: something like that will be one of the mods when I lift the saddle of the bed.

See that you have oilways as well. Are they original or mods???

BR

/Peter

Stilldrillin:
Yer welcome Peter!  :thumbup:

Don't remember who's idea it was, originally. But it was easy to remember and eventually put into use.  :smart:

The oilway is original, and very necessary to get the slide oil inside where it is needed.

David D

andyf:

--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on December 05, 2011, 05:49:15 PM ---....Don't remember who's idea it was, originally. But it was easy to remember and eventually put into use....

The oilway is original, and very necessary to get the slide oil inside where it is needed.

David D

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David, it probably came from Jose Meneses in Portugal, here: http://www.toolsandmods.com/saddle.html

I only mention it because he's in the photography business, and his pics are great. Not casting aspersions on your photos, which are better than my efforts with the camera.

Andy

Stilldrillin:
Thanks for the link Andy!  :thumbup:

I read everything I could, in the early days of ownership. So, that probably was where it lodged in my head. to surface years later!  :scratch:

Lots of very spectacular/ accurate work there!   :bugeye:
Much too much faffing around for me..... Prefer to use my very limited time for production purposes, whenever possible.  :D

David D

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