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Thanks to all the advice received here, my SG has been used successfully on its first 'paid job'.
The job was to improve the finish on a tool for shaping the inside curve of a wooden bowl on a wood lathe.
The material is tool steel about 6" long, 2" wide, 7/16" thick, with a long shaft welded to the end for the handle.
The job was placed across the chuck because of the long shaft.
If the table is fully extended towards the operator, and left there for some time to ensure thermal equilibrium, the first subsequent cut is quite heavy, reducing as the table traverses away from the operator.
The appearance is that of a table that has tilted slightly upwards on the side away from the operator.
Note that the table was never moved outside its nominal working envelope.
The slides are inverted 'V' lined with plastic with a manual oil feed, and the machine has had an unknown industrial life.
Is this effect normal, indicative of some wear, or caused by something else ?
Obviously, the table will in future only be left in the fully retracted position.
John
The job was to improve the finish on a tool for shaping the inside curve of a wooden bowl on a wood lathe.
The material is tool steel about 6" long, 2" wide, 7/16" thick, with a long shaft welded to the end for the handle.
The job was placed across the chuck because of the long shaft.
If the table is fully extended towards the operator, and left there for some time to ensure thermal equilibrium, the first subsequent cut is quite heavy, reducing as the table traverses away from the operator.
The appearance is that of a table that has tilted slightly upwards on the side away from the operator.
Note that the table was never moved outside its nominal working envelope.
The slides are inverted 'V' lined with plastic with a manual oil feed, and the machine has had an unknown industrial life.
Is this effect normal, indicative of some wear, or caused by something else ?
Obviously, the table will in future only be left in the fully retracted position.
John