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I have started to make a replacement compound slide as my original cast iron one is a repaired one and I do not want to continue to use it.
First you start with a block of steel and square it up. Yesterday I milled out the area for the nut for the screw and the majority of the metal where the dovetail will be. I hope to do the dovetail on the weekend and then surface the top down to the right height for the Phase II tool post.
Only 2 pictures at the moment. Will post more later when there is more to show.
![hogged out prior to dovetail.jpg hogged out prior to dovetail.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/3/3299-083c61d9472f459f34d7f146bd9bfafc.jpg)
First you start with a block of steel and square it up. Yesterday I milled out the area for the nut for the screw and the majority of the metal where the dovetail will be. I hope to do the dovetail on the weekend and then surface the top down to the right height for the Phase II tool post.
Only 2 pictures at the moment. Will post more later when there is more to show.
![what i started with.jpg what i started with.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/3/3298-141445682a428fcdb1ecf6b592481ed7.jpg)
![hogged out prior to dovetail.jpg hogged out prior to dovetail.jpg](https://www.hobby-machinist.com/data/attachments/3/3299-083c61d9472f459f34d7f146bd9bfafc.jpg)
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