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    Pennsylvania A3 Switcher Errata

    Quinn, I don’t know where in B.C. you are located, but seeing your interest in steam and if anywhere near lower mainland, I’d suggest a trip to see Chris Hollands 1.5” scale 4-6-6-4 Challenger. I know he’s trying to sell it, but if a person times it right you may still be able to see his...
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    Tips/Techniques Need help surface grinding a tapered cross slide gib (Okanagan)

    Ah, sorry, didn’t realize you’ve already been done that path. Nice work! Nothing sophisticated about what I did to the knee. Just a well placed hole so I can pull a strap clamp with spacers on each end for enough leverage into bottom of gib. Kinda hard to drill a hole into bottom of the knee...
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    Tips/Techniques Need help surface grinding a tapered cross slide gib (Okanagan)

    Bridgeport gibs are notorious for breaking, and as you found the vertical way can get jammed if you try to push the knee instead of the gib. An option is to flip the mill upside down and drill access thru base for a brass drift to push the vertical gib up. (Thanks to Forrest Addy for that tip)...
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    Tips/Techniques Need help surface grinding a tapered cross slide gib (Okanagan)

    Fwiw, I enjoyed the post.
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    New to me box level

    Ditto here.
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    Bed Grind-Harrison Lathe

    My first bigger lathe was a worn out 15” Colchester Dominion, over thirty years ago. Fixed many issues with that lathe and ran it for years, but never fixed the soft bed dings and scores. A regrind could have eliminated many but not all, but wiser old guys said why bother- it’s still an old worn...
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    Bed Grind-Harrison Lathe

    First questions I’d ask is hardened bed or soft? Are there dowels/taper pins to hold gap piece in place accurately? Is the gap high compared with bed? To me these (and budget/time available) would answer question of grind vs scrape. Or just move on to another lathe. Even if the answer is grind...
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    Buying from McMaster Carr

    A friend, now unfortunately passed, had one like yours and although slow and fussy, he could hit one tenth tolerances on small surface grinding projects. Think you will be pleasantly surprised.
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    Buying from McMaster Carr

    Another thought if McMaster doesn’t work out is biying some of the thinnest turcite or rulon and gluing it. Remnants of both are often found on Canadian ebay. Suggest 16 thou since you don’t need to carve oil slots. Also gives you the advantage of being able to scrape to 50% contact for less...
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    Buying from McMaster Carr

    I’m not a business for my garage activities but regularly bought from Mcmaster for items I couldn’t find elsewhere. Pre March 2025 when I stopped buying (as much as feasible) from American companies I just got them to ship to a Pembina ND address. No fuss. Much cheaper shipping than to Canada...
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