The underside of the ways....you know at the front and back where on most lathes there something attached to the saddle that rides on these surfaces to stops the saddle from lifting.
Whats common practice? scrape them? forget about it? I know the lathe ops the might take advantage of these, but its always seem a bit of a useless feature. As soon as a lathe as some wear these become a bit useless as its not in contact and even ops that might lift carriage, well they're not every day (for me) and not with so much force its doing any lifting. Thinking about it, are they even a bearing surface? I mean there'd have to some small bit of clearance or you'd accelerate wear on the bed and if there is some clearance whats the point of making them a precision surface?
Just wondering what the general sentiment is? Thanks.
Whats common practice? scrape them? forget about it? I know the lathe ops the might take advantage of these, but its always seem a bit of a useless feature. As soon as a lathe as some wear these become a bit useless as its not in contact and even ops that might lift carriage, well they're not every day (for me) and not with so much force its doing any lifting. Thinking about it, are they even a bearing surface? I mean there'd have to some small bit of clearance or you'd accelerate wear on the bed and if there is some clearance whats the point of making them a precision surface?
Just wondering what the general sentiment is? Thanks.