On Thursday 23 August 2012 19:11:54 Mark Wendt did opine: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:20 AM, John Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: > > It is very likely your ways are not very precise and fit up properly > > as well as your gib being junk. > > > > Take a look at Nick Muller's videos on cheap chinese ways > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1eOQa1gYiU&feature=player_embedded > > > > John > > I had to do a bunch of work on the bottom ways on my lathe. The ways > varied in thickness the entire length. > > Mark > I took the serial number bumps off first thing, but I think now, since this puppy has quite a few hours on it in the last 13 years, that the majority of what I'm seeing now is just plain wear in the middle. Originally, the angle of the v-way in the carriage and the angle of the v-way on the bed disagreed with each other by about 2 degrees, but some sanding & scraping in the v-way on the bottom of the carriage fixed that. Square to the bed? DamnedifIknow. If I can get it to cut hard steel without terminal chatter that breaks inserts, I'll be happy as that famous pig.
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