I’m thinking shifting the table to the right
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I'm going to set the gib and put the lead screw on and see what I have. I suspect it will be so stiff it will require double handed cranking.
I’m thinking shifting the table to the right
1) Something is amiss if the table doesn't slide freely on the ways without the gib strip in place.
2) Looking at some of the previous pics - wasn't the gib in position & presumably the table moving smoothly? What changed?
Hey Craig,
You mentioned the x and y axis are same gibs, have you tried swapping them?
Any chance of distorting the base with bolting it down?
I'm not saying the base IS distorted but I AM saying that it is totally possible to do and easy than you think. A distortion of 20 thousands will make things bind. Did you try things with the base unbolted?That wasn't me. They are distinctly different lengths. No chance of mixing them up.
No way of distorting that base. It's a heavy, thick piece of cast iron.
Lay the gib out on the milling table top and see if there is light under it - as in your "bowed" philosophy - Mill table should be somewhat flat if you have no other source?
A distortion of 20 thousands will make things bind. Did you try things with the base unbolted?
The only suggestion I have is to blue up the gib and see where the rub is happening?