Domodude17
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2017
I have a 1943 SB 9A that i've been restoring. I think its a fairly decent machine, although I haven't made any cuts with it yet-it needed some work before I could run it, and now i'm working on a bench for it.
I've been looking at the ways, and they look decent but i've been psyching myself out regarding the ways and what kind of condition they're in. Do you guys have any opinions on the condition of my ways? On the off chance that I do decide to have my ways reground and possibly scraped due to the lathe having bad ways, where would I send it to be done, and approximately how much would it cost? I'm sure the answer to that question is "more than you want to spend". I suppose ultimately i'm just looking for a bit of reassurance that I haven't been throwing my money and time into a black hole of a machine. I should add that some of the ridges are deep enough to catch a fingernail on
I've been looking at the ways, and they look decent but i've been psyching myself out regarding the ways and what kind of condition they're in. Do you guys have any opinions on the condition of my ways? On the off chance that I do decide to have my ways reground and possibly scraped due to the lathe having bad ways, where would I send it to be done, and approximately how much would it cost? I'm sure the answer to that question is "more than you want to spend". I suppose ultimately i'm just looking for a bit of reassurance that I haven't been throwing my money and time into a black hole of a machine. I should add that some of the ridges are deep enough to catch a fingernail on