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I just spent the last few days straightening the taper attachment half of my cross slide screw (Clausing 5400), and rebuilt the taper attachment block with new bearings.
Now I find out that the other half is also extremely badly bent.
Originally the taper attachment side was bent about 25 thousands, got it down to about 1-2 thousands.
The front half screw is bent about 15 thousands.
I don’t understand how these could get bent so badly.
Someone was clearly in this lathe before as there are vise grip marks on the tail of the screw and were on the threaded section.
Could a screw get bent though normal use or wear?
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Now I find out that the other half is also extremely badly bent.
Originally the taper attachment side was bent about 25 thousands, got it down to about 1-2 thousands.
The front half screw is bent about 15 thousands.
I don’t understand how these could get bent so badly.
Someone was clearly in this lathe before as there are vise grip marks on the tail of the screw and were on the threaded section.
Could a screw get bent though normal use or wear?
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