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It wasn't as advertised - not a 4" vise. Got a 50% refund today.
215: Cleaned and oiled.. but..
214: This corner of a gib was high - you can see the polish from the PGS - these high spots can then be filed with a very fine file. The discoloration is from where they ground it to fit the adjustment screw - I think it caused the high spot?
213: Grub pushes on brass to lock slide.
212: Cast iron drills so easy.
211: Documenting incase I want to try to install a ball-screw
210: Dissasembly for installing cross-slide lock
209: Dissasembly for installing cross-slide lock
208: Finnaly a tool holder that adjusts for height.
207: the Top wasn't perfectly flat - took off 10um to make it better..
206: Slow feed rate for nice finish..
217: Tapping cross slide.
218: Finally reassembled.. - Will turn some brass for the cross slide stops tomorrow.
219: Mill control box
220: Wells - CPU is in the black box on the right with the monitor hanging on. This has scales on x-y-z operating closed loop and a spindle encoder.
221: Z-axis scale folded into original box.
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224: Cutting setup for lens crystals
225: New lenses turned out well
226: This one I can't repair - has a mangled gear
