New Gib Plate for a Compound
| We were asked to investigate a potentially problematic compound slide. It appeared that however gib screws were taken up, there was lateral 'slop' on its top slide - not good for machining consistency. Inspection found that the existing gib plate was not uniform in thickness, being significantly thicker in the middle section so, it was decided to make a new one from scratch. New and better gib screws should finally improve adjustability plus adding lock nuts. Not everything went totally smoothly! The link for a demo video (we referred to at end the video) on the Acute Tool Sharpening System by Eccentric Engineering is here on The -- Old Man's Shop page |
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