Re: [gingery_machines] new article available: A Few Basic Tests to Perform on your Mill

Steve,

I just got my latest Home Shop Machinist magazine and there is an article on scraping.

Here are two articles:

http://rick.sparber.org/df.pdf
http://rick.sparber.org/tus.pdf

Best of luck,

Rick
Rick.Sparber.org

On Jun 29, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Steve Wan <stewan@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rick
>
> Thanks for being frank! Will lookout for any info in the web.
> Has not done this yet, will explore further as my lathe is shouting for help ;)
> Possible to email me your draw filing PDF over again? I miss that...
>
> Steve-S'pore
>
> On 6/29/11, Rick Sparber <rgsparber@aol.com> wrote:
>> Steve,
>>
>> Many thick books have been written on lapping and scraping. I do a very
>> small amount of both and am a rank novice. It is fair to say that I have
>> done more harm than good over the years.
>>
>> I have written about draw filing as a means of truing up a square but that
>> is the limit of my knowledge and "skill".
>>
>> Rick
>> Rick.Sparber.org
>>
>> On Jun 29, 2011, at 4:28 AM, Steve Wan <stewan@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rick
>>>
>>> It will be great if you got a write-out on lapping or scraping the
>>> lathe bed ways for worn out machines. Many of us have used our
>>> machines for many years. Yet do not know the best way to re-condition
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Steve-S'pore
>>
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