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Luke.kerbey
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Hi Folks,
I’ve got a really decent Jones and Shipman 1400. It’s was refurbished a few years ago and up till recently ground to a tenth all over really well. But recently the cross slide axis has developed the dreaded taper.
I think this is an older version as the cross slide runs on ball bearings and replaceable Vee strips. But is not self lubricating. I’ve since added more lubrication to the slide but I reckon it will need an over haul.
Has anyone here every refurbed a cross slide on one of these machines? Like taken out the Vee strips and balls, ground the strips and replaced the bearings.
The spares manual doesn’t tell me what diameter the bearings are either or any accuracy class, which is a pain.
If anyone has attempted this before I’d like to hear you story. Or is this only the territory for a specialised company?
I’ve got a really decent Jones and Shipman 1400. It’s was refurbished a few years ago and up till recently ground to a tenth all over really well. But recently the cross slide axis has developed the dreaded taper.
I think this is an older version as the cross slide runs on ball bearings and replaceable Vee strips. But is not self lubricating. I’ve since added more lubrication to the slide but I reckon it will need an over haul.
Has anyone here every refurbed a cross slide on one of these machines? Like taken out the Vee strips and balls, ground the strips and replaced the bearings.
The spares manual doesn’t tell me what diameter the bearings are either or any accuracy class, which is a pain.
If anyone has attempted this before I’d like to hear you story. Or is this only the territory for a specialised company?