I thought I would post these up to give some ideas on adding way wipers.
My lathe never came with any like most (other than rubber ones on the carriage) so I added them to the cross slide, compound and both sides of the tail stock. I just made them up out of thin sheet metal folded over a bit of flat bar in the vice. The screws holding them are Metric 5mm, and I just used some slot head screws I had here that I picked up cheap for the box.
The tail stock ones do a great job of keeping stuff from getting under it as I had problems before, and the compound one does a good job of keeping the dovetails clean as it's fight near the cutting tool and cops a lot swarf and grit.
The long stud on the tail stock is a stop to stop the tail stock contacting the cross slide scale. It contacts the cross slide under the scale.
Dave
My lathe never came with any like most (other than rubber ones on the carriage) so I added them to the cross slide, compound and both sides of the tail stock. I just made them up out of thin sheet metal folded over a bit of flat bar in the vice. The screws holding them are Metric 5mm, and I just used some slot head screws I had here that I picked up cheap for the box.
The tail stock ones do a great job of keeping stuff from getting under it as I had problems before, and the compound one does a good job of keeping the dovetails clean as it's fight near the cutting tool and cops a lot swarf and grit.
The long stud on the tail stock is a stop to stop the tail stock contacting the cross slide scale. It contacts the cross slide under the scale.
Dave
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