On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 03 May 2014 09:24:30 Mark Wendt did opine: > > > > > 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. > > Cheers, Gene > Yeah, you have to take the rack off in order to accurately measure the bed thickness. Wasn't a big deal to get the rack off. The filing is kinda like a lazy man's version of scraping. Wasn't hard to do. The bed at that point isn't hardened. It was more time consuming than difficult. I knew going in that the mini lathe was going to take a bit of work to bring it up to snuff. I also knew that even when all was said and done, it wouldn't be a miniature Monarch. It is what it is, a relatively inexpensive way to turn some metal, that could be made more accurate with a little work. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "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
