On Friday 24 August 2012 05:41:47 Mark Wendt did opine: > 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 > Oh no! Last I knew he only had 3 legs left cuz they weren't going to eat him all at once. :)
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