I don't want to open the can of works of "they couldn't level lathes on a ship", so please don't take the thread there.
A friend has a South Bend 13" lathe that is cutting a taper. He wants me to take a look. I haven't gone to his shop yet.
I have an Atlas, and leveling the bed when you flat ways is pretty straightforward.
With prismatic ways, how do you level the bed? Wouldn't putting the level across the tops of the V's be like trying to measure a thread by measuring the outside diameter instead of the pitch diameter with thread wires?
Can I remove the compound, lay the level on the flat machined surface and move the carriage back and forth to see how the level bubble moves?
Steve
A friend has a South Bend 13" lathe that is cutting a taper. He wants me to take a look. I haven't gone to his shop yet.
I have an Atlas, and leveling the bed when you flat ways is pretty straightforward.
With prismatic ways, how do you level the bed? Wouldn't putting the level across the tops of the V's be like trying to measure a thread by measuring the outside diameter instead of the pitch diameter with thread wires?
Can I remove the compound, lay the level on the flat machined surface and move the carriage back and forth to see how the level bubble moves?
Steve