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Dear All,
I have an alignment problem (not an issue; magazines have issues) with my lathe, a Sherline 4400, between my tailstock and headstock. It was suggested in a different thread this problem is due to the bed being twisted. This may well be the problem, since Sherline can find no problem with my machine.
Currently, the machine is mounted on a piece of oak shelving from Lowes, as suggested by Sherline. Would it be beneficial to use a piece of plate steel, say 1/4" thick, for the mounting plate? Would thin rubber washers between the steel plate and the lathe bed mounting points be an even better set up? Should the steel plate be a fancy ground steel plate?
Your thoughts are most welcome. Or needed. Or, oh, just tell me what to do, for chrissakes....
Yours sometimes,
Tom
I have an alignment problem (not an issue; magazines have issues) with my lathe, a Sherline 4400, between my tailstock and headstock. It was suggested in a different thread this problem is due to the bed being twisted. This may well be the problem, since Sherline can find no problem with my machine.
Currently, the machine is mounted on a piece of oak shelving from Lowes, as suggested by Sherline. Would it be beneficial to use a piece of plate steel, say 1/4" thick, for the mounting plate? Would thin rubber washers between the steel plate and the lathe bed mounting points be an even better set up? Should the steel plate be a fancy ground steel plate?
Your thoughts are most welcome. Or needed. Or, oh, just tell me what to do, for chrissakes....
Yours sometimes,
Tom