On Saturday 03 May 2014 08:54:31 Mark Wendt did opine: > On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 6:01 AM, andy pugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 3 May 2014 04:37, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Because the carriage isn't front weighted enough (the x motor is on > > > the rear), it does tend to turn about a thou as it rises off the > > > v-way to > > > > bring > > > > > the front gib in solid restraining contact, and that is best handled > > > > with a > > > > > back out move before the retrace move. Adjusting those gibs is a > > > genuine chore as the only way to access the adjustments is to drop > > > the apron coupling and run the apron and nut out of the way. > > > > Here is a set of pictures of how I made some tapered gibs for my 9x > > (which is a stretched 7x) > > https://picasaweb.google.com/108164504656404380542/Gibbs > > > > > > -- > > atp > > If you can't fix it, you don't own it. > > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto > > 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 -- "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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
