06-30-2013, 06:27 PM
Thanks John and Ed. Just to be clear leveling is what's supposed to take twist out of the ways, right? Also, I can't quite get the ways exactly level with the machinist level. The best I can do is get it to the point where the bubble is pretty close but if I put I cigarette paper (.001") under the low side the bubble jumps to being "more out" the other way.
As it stands right now it's about 3 ticks out from left to right and about 2 ticks out front to back at the chuck end,
about 7 ticks out in the middle and about 4 ticks out at the far (tail stock) end. All of the front/back measurements are out in the same direction.
I'm using brass shim sheets of varying thicknesses to make shims out of. Those should be fine I would think.
As it stands right now it's about 3 ticks out from left to right and about 2 ticks out front to back at the chuck end,
about 7 ticks out in the middle and about 4 ticks out at the far (tail stock) end. All of the front/back measurements are out in the same direction.
I'm using brass shim sheets of varying thicknesses to make shims out of. Those should be fine I would think.
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