colinag
Plastic
- Joined
- Apr 1, 2009
- Location
- Woodstock On Canada
I need to get the bed of my Heavy 10 ground. I'm in S.W. Ontario. Does any one have any advice on where/who can do this work and how much could I expect to pay? Thanks to all. Colin.
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The guy said that the saddle needed more grinding than the bed on my machine.
Well I thought I had it level but will check again Thanks
You don't need level. Put the level away. Set the machine up using the two collar test.
All you need is a micrometer and a piece of stock in the chuck to do this.
Thanks to all for your help with this problem. The bed is level according to my 12 in. Moore & Wright. Across the tops of the v-ways at either end or across the flats on top of two pieces of 5/8 drill rod I measure less than 0005 difference from absolute level. When I do the two collar test on a piece of 1 inch 12L14 held in 5C collet using fine feed and a light cut it turns .002 smaller at the head stock than it does 3 inches out. I removed the compound rest and put the level on top of the carriage and found the carriage sloped toward the front of the lathe in excess of .010 over the length of the level at the head stock and just about .008 at the tailstock This does not seem right but is interesting that the difference is about the same(.002). Is this the problem? If so how, do I fix it?
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