On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Saturday 03 May 2014 09:54:35 Mark Wendt did opine: > > > > > > 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 > > Ahh, Mark, you may want to define what you call a "little" work. ;-) > With my back giving me hell, its more than a "little" work. And I tend to > scratch the place where it itches worse first. This, OTOH, may be that next > itch however. > > Thanks. > > Cheers, Gene > Well, I differentiate a little from a lot by meaning I don't cob up a forge, melt the cast iron, pour the melted iron into the mould, then once cooled, machine away everything that doesn't look like a lathe bed... ;-) 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
