Hi guys, Im hoping someone here can help me.
I have a g0704 mill from grizzly and my old gib broke and I had to buy a replacement gib that was basically an oversized, longer and thicker cast iron blank.
So I've been doing some reading on scraping and using prussian blue. But the problem is that I dont have a mill or surface grinder to reduce the thickness of my gib. My only mill is the g0704.
The gib blank that I bought seems to have a taper on it already, but Im not sure if its the correct taper or not.
My biggest issue is reducing the gibs thickness. I have a bench grinder but I'm afraid that it wont create a smooth surface since its going to be by hand mostly.
I was wondering if I should look up a machine shop around me and see if they can ground the gib down to size and I can then do the hand scraping myself and cut the screw notch with a drill afterwards.
Just hoping there would be a way I could grind the gib down myself without having to send the part out. Any ideas
Thanks guys
I have a g0704 mill from grizzly and my old gib broke and I had to buy a replacement gib that was basically an oversized, longer and thicker cast iron blank.
So I've been doing some reading on scraping and using prussian blue. But the problem is that I dont have a mill or surface grinder to reduce the thickness of my gib. My only mill is the g0704.
The gib blank that I bought seems to have a taper on it already, but Im not sure if its the correct taper or not.
My biggest issue is reducing the gibs thickness. I have a bench grinder but I'm afraid that it wont create a smooth surface since its going to be by hand mostly.
I was wondering if I should look up a machine shop around me and see if they can ground the gib down to size and I can then do the hand scraping myself and cut the screw notch with a drill afterwards.
Just hoping there would be a way I could grind the gib down myself without having to send the part out. Any ideas
Thanks guys