On 08.05.14 17:35, Gene Heskett wrote:
> FWIW, the Union Tool Co. level says the bed angle, high in front because 
> the v-way is sticking up, is sitting at 175.5 degrees on both ends of the 
> bed, so if it is warped, its not enough that I can actually measure.  I 
> thought it had a vernier scale, but I guess not.

If resolution is 0.5°, then that'd pick up a 50 thou twist on a 5" wide
bed. If 0.01°, then 10 thou is detectable. With a 0.02mm/m machine
level, one division is 0.00115°, and it's big enough to visually divide
by two or three. But even a full division is 1/10 thou across 5", if I'm
counting right. (You just have to wait a good half a minute for the
bubble to settle, for full accuracy.)

My lathe also has the v-way sticking up at the front, so I bought a new
1/2" square HSS lathe tool blank, to use as a nicely ground spacer on
the flat rear shear. (But then just plonked the level on the flat-topped
cross-slide, since that's what must travel level, anyhow.)

Erik

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