Marty,
Way to go! My milling skills have a long way to go to duplicate. My
lathe is actually a 7X10 but I jumped up to this group assuming the
design is the same and I could thereby get more coverage on my question.
Thanks,
Vince
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Marty N" <martyn@...> wrote:
Vince:
Bottom of second page should give you some idea. Your experience is
exactly why I've done what I've done.
Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: n1vc
To: 7x12minilathe@...
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 5:22 PM
Subject: [7x12minilathe] I snapped a Carriage Retainer
I tried to snug up my carriage on the gibs. It had too much slop and I
tried to make the adjustments. I should have read the LMS manual first
and followed their procedure but I didn't. I overtightend one end and
I snapped it. The <1/4" strip with set screws seems to be made out of
cast iron as it was very brittle and snapped easily when overstressed.
My question is why can't I substitute a piece of plain old steel for
this task? Alternatively, I can easily order a replacement but it
might again be cast iron.
Really my question is the part made of this material for economy or am
I missing some other point here?
thanks much,
Vince
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