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    Manual grease lubrication? Clogged grease lines.

    I'm discovering that some of the grease lines are clogged on my brother. The lines are inaccessible without pulling off the entire machine table. Is applying grease manually to either side of ball nuts and guide blocks adequate? Or will I be getting improper lubrication as it's not being applied...
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    Reballing Linear guide block? Brother TC

    I have an older brother TC-S2a that I'm trying to get back into shape. I already replaced the ballscrews and there is no longer any backlash. I'm having surface finish issues which I believe are from worn linear guides. The rails themselves are in good shape with no visible damage. Is it...
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    Machining tapered shafts w/ conical endmill/horizontal rotary table

    Hello, I am devising a method for machining 8 deg. tapers into 1/2 ground dowel pins... on a mill. Currently, my idea is to mount a 5C rotary indexer in the vertical position on the table and use a conical endmill to take incremental passes into the taper while continuously rotating the part...
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