Well, the above seemed to work quite well. Not the 'tidiest' of jobs, since it's REALLY (!!) hard to hold it dead level while manipulating it under the mill end.
But I got it pretty close (and unless someone gets really nosy with the underside of my table - it'll never be seen anyhow! ).
I think I took 80 thou off on average (since it's rough cast, my numbers were all over the board when I measured it up).
Aaaaaanyhow, I also remembered someone (?) saying that when they went to put the X nut on, it jammed up into the end plate, so they had to go back and make a collar to space things out. Knowing this in advance, I thought I'd make up a special nut. This kills two birds (poor birdie!) since it's also hard to get the nut to not back off. So, added a set screw too! Only took about 10 minutes to make.
Now I can just zip the nut down, set it, and forget it.
But I got it pretty close (and unless someone gets really nosy with the underside of my table - it'll never be seen anyhow! ).
I think I took 80 thou off on average (since it's rough cast, my numbers were all over the board when I measured it up).
Aaaaaanyhow, I also remembered someone (?) saying that when they went to put the X nut on, it jammed up into the end plate, so they had to go back and make a collar to space things out. Knowing this in advance, I thought I'd make up a special nut. This kills two birds (poor birdie!) since it's also hard to get the nut to not back off. So, added a set screw too! Only took about 10 minutes to make.
Now I can just zip the nut down, set it, and forget it.