On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. > > Cheers, Gene
That Famous Pig was butchered at Famous Daves last week. Pulled pork sammiches. Yummy... ;-) Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
