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Nothing is ever exact. There is always some variation. A dovetail measuring 6.000000" at one end will not be 6.000000" at the other. How much can a dovetail member taper before it locks up? How much before it gets too sloppy for a hobby level slide?
I am still waiting for some of my tooling to start scraping the X-axis, so I started setting the y-axis up for machining. I'm an 1/8 of an inch or so short on Y travel on my mill/drill unless I take the DRO scale off. So, if I pull the base off the mill, turn it around for the second side, how close do I need to get it?
I am still waiting for some of my tooling to start scraping the X-axis, so I started setting the y-axis up for machining. I'm an 1/8 of an inch or so short on Y travel on my mill/drill unless I take the DRO scale off. So, if I pull the base off the mill, turn it around for the second side, how close do I need to get it?