Good Morning
38° with a clear sky and forecast high of 50.
Last two days were spent on the lathe project. I should have known that I was optimistic when I wondered if it would take a whole day……
Just getting cleaned up and moving it was a project in its self.
I ended up using the crown lift and some blocking.
Once it was pulled out of the wall and the splash shield removed, I set up a table behind it to work from.
Using a dial indicator on the carriage, I was able to get the scale to within .001” in all axis. That was tighter tolerance than required, but I had a hard time getting the reader to work properly, until I realized that I misunderstood the directions and had it upside down. Im sure that I could have gotten away with much looser tolerances if I had done it right in the first place.
At the end of the day, it was back in place, and everything works as it should.
Another example of how easy it is to make things hard. But it’s done, and I’m off to the next project.
Today I have to do a little woodshedding for tomorrow’s gig, I haven’t given it a thought all week, as I was busy with other “stuff”. Also want to keep feeding the 3D printer projects to run while I’m otherwise occupied. I’ve got drawings about a dozen projects ready to go.