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Well, I decided a while back to start with putting tapered gibs on my lathe. The stock gibs are a pain to adjust and if I don't have them tight, they back out when I am making heavy cuts.
I started out with some mystery meat steel I picked up and some brass for the gibs. Well, this steel sucked. It was like machining very hard bubble gum.
Back to the drawing board. I got out some new stock from my stash and it was much nicer.
I laid out the features after pulling off one of the gib strips from the lathe and marking out the hole locations.
Next up was a taper. I was going to use my digital protractor but the batteries were dead. Well, it is not a critical angle and it doesn't really matter as long as they all match. Then I cut the tapers in the gib holders.
Next I cut the gib strips to width.
No, those gib strips didn't magically get longer, I made some new ones. The originals I realized were not long enough to leave some meat for the adjusters.
Next up, I need to stop by the store and pick up some superglue to temporarily fix the gib strips to the holders to mill the taper in them. Then all I have left to do is to drill the mounting holes, put on the adjusters and cut to length. Well, that and cut the clearance for the gear on the apron. I will try to get that done this next week as time permits.
I started out with some mystery meat steel I picked up and some brass for the gibs. Well, this steel sucked. It was like machining very hard bubble gum.
Back to the drawing board. I got out some new stock from my stash and it was much nicer.
I laid out the features after pulling off one of the gib strips from the lathe and marking out the hole locations.
Next up was a taper. I was going to use my digital protractor but the batteries were dead. Well, it is not a critical angle and it doesn't really matter as long as they all match. Then I cut the tapers in the gib holders.
Next I cut the gib strips to width.
No, those gib strips didn't magically get longer, I made some new ones. The originals I realized were not long enough to leave some meat for the adjusters.
Next up, I need to stop by the store and pick up some superglue to temporarily fix the gib strips to the holders to mill the taper in them. Then all I have left to do is to drill the mounting holes, put on the adjusters and cut to length. Well, that and cut the clearance for the gear on the apron. I will try to get that done this next week as time permits.