On 8/23/2012 12:02 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 23 August 2012 11:59:35 Mark Wendt did opine: > >> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: >>> Hi all; >>> >>> I am still trying to put that ball screw in the X axis of my >>> mini-lathe, and as I was cleaning things up, getting ready for the >>> next step of the assembly, I find that I have not fixed a gib problem >>> this POS has had since day one, and likely cannot without a new, more >>> precisely fitting gib strip. >>> <...> >>> >>> Cheers, Gene >> Gene, >> >> I'm trying to dig out where I stuffed it, but a buddy of mine by the >> <...> >> >> Mark >> > I saw those in one of my google searches Mark, neat, but that isn't the gib > in hand, this one is under the cross feed slider, on its right side. Rides > the dovetail on top of the carriage IOW. > > Cheers, Gene
The hands-down favorite resource in Internet discussions seems to be the 1955 book "Machine Tool Reconditioning and Applications of Hand Scraping" by Edward Connelly. I see it's offered, presumably as a reprint, by http://www.machinetoolpublications.com/ (see the table contents at http://www.machinetoolpublications.com/about.cfm) for USD92.95 which is about 20 cents a page. Prices on abebooks and amazon are similarly high. Pity. Good luck. I have a mini-lathe too, warts and all, but I have nowhere near the ambition you have:-) Regards, Kent ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
