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I picked up some iGaging scales for my lathe. First up is the carriage scale but the bed rail isn't parallel to the machined backside of the carriage. I need an angle plate to mount the ends of the scale to, gosh how do I figure the angle? I have an idea! I'll use my new iGaging Angle Cube I...

Spotted this video on YouTube, I see it is made by a member of another forum. It gives basic sound advice and gets you in the ballpark. I keep a hand written chart on my wall and had forgotten the basic formula so it is a good refresher. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIUS_0xfeGg

I'm just a hack beginner when it comes to real machining. But my current interest is making a steam engine maybe this winter. The type of stuff I do is just basically fixing parts on my old farm equipment where the word "small" doesn't exist nor does tight tolerances in most cases. I've been a...