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Bridgeport X Axis Hung Up On Y Lock Lever - Bozo's Revenge

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Oct 27, 2017
So in a moment of carelessness while bringing my cutter around for a finishing pass yesterday, an annoying thing happened. I unlocked my Y to move around my part, and then buzzed the my X powerfeed across to get into position faster. "Hmmm, why's it struggling so much" I asked - but the X wasn't locked. Turns out the Y lock lever had spun all the way up under the ways, wedged in, and I was basically pushing the table over it. For about a foot.

I got it off, but it feels like it left a lovely little rounded trail under the ways. It's a mid 60s that the previous owner had used grease with, so there's some smootz under there, but if I did in fact deform the metal (the bottom face of the dovetail) what am I looking at? Rescraping, or something more intensive? I talked myself down from a ledge yesterday by telling myself I'd just added another oil channel :P

Anyway, I'm not chasing .0001" accuracy on this thing, but I do have some work I need to keep doing on it, so I only want to take the table off if I really have to.

It still travels smooth.
 
You really should pull the table and check the actual amount of injury. However, if you are in a bind time wise, you might be able to pacify yourself with the "it stills moves smoothly" statement. Personally, I would pull the table!:)
 
Yeah, I hear ya. I have one more setup before these parts go off to the lathe for an op. I'll get in there and try and take a picture after, and maybe pull it then. I've been meaning to clean out the residual grease anyway. I'll report back with some visual evidence of my stupidity.
 
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Definitely deformation but I realized this isn’t actually a contact surface. Close call! Slept easier last night.


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You should knock down the end of the handle by 1mm. I notice that my handle will just kiss the table when I rotate it counter-clockwise from 3 O'clock to 6 O'clock.
 








 
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