On Saturday 03 May 2014 09:24:30 Mark Wendt did opine: > On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: > > On Saturday 03 May 2014 08:54:31 Mark Wendt did opine: > > > Andy, > > > > > > Looks very similar to the ones I made for my 7 x 12 using a design > > > borrowed from Rick Kruger (now a good fly fishing buddy of mine). > > > Gene, if you feel like making tapered gibs fer the leetle guy, I can > > > dig up the like to the drawings for ya. I may be able to talk Rick > > > out of the CAD drawings if he still has them tucked away somewhere. > > > > > > Mark > > > > Those could sure serve as a "tapered gibs for dummies" guide. Check > > it out if its not too much trouble. > > > > Thanks Mark. > > > > Cheers, Gene > > Gene, > > Turns out it wasn't too hard to find. Here's the link to Rick's web > site, which has links to both construction pics and drawings of the > jig, gib and bracket: > > http://warhammer.mcc.virginia.edu/ty/7x10/vault/Lathes/7x10-7x12-Project > s/TaperedSaddleGibs/ > > I was able to do this in an afternoon on a manual mill (the machining > part). > > This part took a little longer: > > http://warhammer.mcc.virginia.edu/ty/7x10/vault/Lathes/7x10-7x12-Project > s/TaperedSaddleGibs/Bedways.html > > All in all, I'm very satisfied with the snugness and smoothness of the > machine now. Much, much better than the gibs that came with the lathe. > > Mark
At some point he mentions taking the rack off, and I've considered that too since it is not being used, my "manual" controls are all done from the keyboard. That would give additional room to widen the gib bits which would seem like a plus to me. Depending on how much the bed lip thickness varies, (and I already know it does, thicker towards the tailstock on mine even after filing the serial number flat) the filing idea seems to be a good one, but then need a way to restore the roughness that holds an oil film, that I haven't figured out. Its funny how we expect a sows ear priced piece of machinery to be fitted & finish like a Bentley priced version isn't it? Tain't gonna happen in this lifetime folks. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For > FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for > free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available. Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
