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| sckenny:
where do stand on bed mod.want to do same.tks,ken |
| OzzyRob:
On my lathe I added 2 thrust bearings to each side of the non driven lead screw bearing. Once I set the leadscrew "preload" it never needed adjusting again. |
| Brass_Machine:
Well, it is starting to warm up. I am going to get back on this in the next few weeks... The continued plans are: 1. New 4" spindle and bearings 2. Tapered gibs on the saddle 3. Brass Gibs on the cross slide 4. Replace the single half nut with a true 2 half nut system. LMS 5. Tailstock Cam lock LMS 6. Saddle lock I am also going to check the bed for parallelism and straightness. I was reading a page a few weeks ago where someone else did that. I know I have seen people machine the bed on a larger mill (don't have access) butt his person did it my filing and scraping. Anyone recall seeing a page like that? Can't seem to find it again. Eric |
| Stilldrillin:
This mini mill one, Eric? http://www.modelenginemaker.com/index.php?topic=3306.0 David D |
| Brass_Machine:
Nope, definitely a lathe. Definitely not a forum post. I had thought it was on gadget makers site, but can't seem to find it. This guy had a jig to hold a file to work the bed... |
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