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winklmj:
Just this past week I converted my 3yr old 7x14 over to new brass plates and shimmed them instead of using the studs-n-nuts. It took a bit of measuring with feeler gauges and a some more trial-and-error to get the right thickness for the shims (front and back were different).

But it was worth it--if I remove a single .0001 shim it will bind up the carriage. Shimmed properly--it slides the complete length of the bed with little effort and is rock solid. I had to sand off a little overspray from the underside of the ways and stone down the serial-number on the end of the bed so I could slide the carriage completely off.

If I remember I will post up pics and show how the old cast-iron gibs only touched on one edge.

New plates and shims highly recommended!

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