On Saturday 03 May 2014 10:45:16 Mark Wendt did opine: > 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
ROTFLMAO! Pretty good definition if one has the forge makings. ;-) 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
