I love using gauge blocks no math no worries I just sit the appropriate gauge block on against the saddle mark a line with a thin white board marker then slide the saddle up to the mark I don’t even use a stop a lot of the time I been using that method for years now, way to go curt finding a cheap way to make some gauge blocks I bought mine they were aluminium and not that expensive.
Bill On Friday, March 18, 2022 at 3:19:35 PM UTC+11 Curt George wrote: > Hello Everyone. > > Along with Tim. Z. micro adjustment for his machine. > > I made two more simple quick measurement gauge blocks. > > I used two different square key stock bars to make these. 1/4" and 1/2" > the total cost > was $12.00 at my local hardware store. > > How I used them is pretty straight forward. I set my shaft collar on my > Legacy's acme screw to the 0 mark, (where the carriage and the split nut > lock onto the screw.) then I can move the Carriage forward, By placing the > gauge blocks in-between the stop/collar and the split nut. the 1/4" goes > form 1/4"- 1" and the 1/2" goes form 1/2"-2". > > I find using gauge blocks to be more accurate then using a tape or any > other method that I've used in the past. > In Some of Bill's videos he shows using a set of Machinist's 1,2,3 blocks > to move his Legacy's carriage to where he want it to be for his next cuts. > These gauge blocks are pretty much the same thing, but they are much > cheaper to make. > > C.A.G. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/eb941f15-1b90-41f5-aa07-fb51a44da012n%40googlegroups.com.
