The head tram was the same as before the exteninion. I had to put a shim in the front to tram when the machine was new and I had to replace it with the added height. When I had the head off I found than there was a lot of trash on the surfaces, I had hoped that was the reason that I had to put shim in but that was not the case. After I machined the spacer I checked it on my surface plate and everything was parallel. It was easy to mill but it was all my 9" SB wanted and it was all I wanted to lift also. Good luckthat's really cool! Planning on doing something similar myself soon! How did the front/ rear tram turn out?
I got a reply to this through the conversation forum already thanks!I finished my riser block and have now installed. Everything went great and the machine now has extra distance from table to colum. With this block it has raised the head 5 3/8 inches. I used a section of hot rolled material and drilled the bolt holes all the thur.View attachment 359339