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Thanks for advice on the table, I'll get on that. So far the Y axis screw and nut have worked out great. Next to .003" backlash with a little adjustment and no tight spots along the screw. I want this as a manual machine so that's more than good enough for what I need. That table looks GREAT...

Wow. That's a deal.

Thank you very much!

Welp, back at it today since we got snowed in (I pretend like it bothers me but I friggen love a day off, 3' of snow so far). I did a lot of cleaning, cleared all the oiler lines, polished a bunch of odds and sodds. Rebuild the Bijur oiler, and the pictures will prove why you should. Man that...

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Keen eye you've got!

It's an old sweedish holbruck. Works great!

It's been a few weeks since I had any spare time. The W word is coming and what not, things need done, honey do list ect. I did manage to give it a good scrub down with hot water and TSP and got some body filler on the worst spots. The primer ended up in three colours, I didn't want to drive to...

Did some more disassembly. Found a few little things here and there. The ram did not want to move at all.... had to give it a little poke with the forklift to get it freed up. The XY Nut was hanging on by a thread to the saddle, and the one oil line was long ago disconnected. This post is more...

If your in the Hamilton-ish area, nutech electronics on Parkdale has all kinds of goodies. I also order from Mouser on the regular, their decent, but have been slammed with a crazy customs charge one time. Fluke I assume, or an overzealous employee.....