Hi,
I am slowly putting her back together. I am scraping in the cross slide at the moment. It had .008" "belly" in the middle, and with some simple tools and a surface plate, I got the flat portions of the dovetail to within .0015" flatness. That is as far as I dare take it at the moment until I have made a angled straight edge to spot the flats and angular portions of the dovetail. The dovetail is an odd beast. 55 degrees , not 60, and the flat surface on one side is .106" lower than the flat on the other..
I have the old girl situated where I want to set her up. After the cross slide, I'll take on the tail stock which is .005" low and has .022" shake on the bed. Luckily, the bed is in great shape, as well as the headstock.
Of course, I need to put my VN12 back together first...blown motor, but a new one is in transit as we speak....Maybe I'll get it tomorrow, just in time for the weekend....
Here's some photo's
Dave
I am slowly putting her back together. I am scraping in the cross slide at the moment. It had .008" "belly" in the middle, and with some simple tools and a surface plate, I got the flat portions of the dovetail to within .0015" flatness. That is as far as I dare take it at the moment until I have made a angled straight edge to spot the flats and angular portions of the dovetail. The dovetail is an odd beast. 55 degrees , not 60, and the flat surface on one side is .106" lower than the flat on the other..
I have the old girl situated where I want to set her up. After the cross slide, I'll take on the tail stock which is .005" low and has .022" shake on the bed. Luckily, the bed is in great shape, as well as the headstock.
Of course, I need to put my VN12 back together first...blown motor, but a new one is in transit as we speak....Maybe I'll get it tomorrow, just in time for the weekend....
Here's some photo's
Dave