[Newbie] Cracked cross slide and micrometer carriage stop

[robsig]

Definitely scribe lines, the angle change at the ends is from the scribe hitting the compound or getting to the where the surface ended.

You do not need a level surface to calibrate a precision level. there are many YouTube vids showing how it is done.

Many thanks, flyinfool! I did watch a (few...) YouTube videos and I got my precision level squared away, so to speak. I'm now working on leveling my lathe. Seems there's quite an art to this. I enjoy challenges!

 

[RandyM]

I started out as an expert, and have been learning that I'm a dunce ever since... ;-)

The more you know, the more you know that you don't know.

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