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I am back to the project now that the Christmas decorations are back in storage. I have a 9X12, B-grade granite plate. I would gotten a bigger one with a ledge if I had known I was going to go this route. I ordered an Anderson Tubular, 18" scraper with a HSS blade, tubes of Canode red and blue spotting ink, a 2" brayer, and a better indicator holder. I am bidding on a Tesa Tast indicator with a resolution of 0.00005" and a +/-.004 range to compliment my 5 tents resolution indicator. I probably won't win it, but I'll keep looking a a 1 tenth indicator. I know that I will be converting to carbide eventually, so I'm also looking for a used motor to spin a diamond wheel. I should have enough toys to start butchering and angle plate later next week.
I decided to take some rough measurements of the X slide bearing surface, just to see how nasty my machining was. The X dovetails and bearing surface were machined with the table top as the reference surface. I used both my 5 tenth test indicator and my depth micrometer to measure the left, center, right height of both bearing surfaces. Both instruments agreed, which was satisfying in itself. The measurements are in the photo attached. The bearing surfaces are slightly concave, which I suspect are easier for a novice to deal with.
.2155, .2150, .2165 top
.2160, .2145, .2165 bottom
I decided to take some rough measurements of the X slide bearing surface, just to see how nasty my machining was. The X dovetails and bearing surface were machined with the table top as the reference surface. I used both my 5 tenth test indicator and my depth micrometer to measure the left, center, right height of both bearing surfaces. Both instruments agreed, which was satisfying in itself. The measurements are in the photo attached. The bearing surfaces are slightly concave, which I suspect are easier for a novice to deal with.
.2155, .2150, .2165 top
.2160, .2145, .2165 bottom