Projectitis
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- Aug 12, 2022
Hi everyone,
I purchased a (new) hobby lathe/mill combo a year or so back, and decided to tram/align it before using it.
I want to align the mill to the cross slide, but the first thing I noticed is that the cross slide is not parallel to the bed!
The headstock end of the cross slide is lower than the tailstock end (see photo). Luckily, the difference is uniform along the length of the cross slide (it is not warped or twisted).
The difference is about 0.07mm over 90mm travel (2-3 thou over about 3.5").
Peter
I purchased a (new) hobby lathe/mill combo a year or so back, and decided to tram/align it before using it.
I want to align the mill to the cross slide, but the first thing I noticed is that the cross slide is not parallel to the bed!
The headstock end of the cross slide is lower than the tailstock end (see photo). Luckily, the difference is uniform along the length of the cross slide (it is not warped or twisted).
The difference is about 0.07mm over 90mm travel (2-3 thou over about 3.5").
- Is this enough to worry about?
- If so, how do I go about levelling the cross slide? What do I look for - where do I start?
Peter