7x10 Mini Lathe to CNC 5 Axis

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Is an an album showing how I made tapered gibbs for my lathe.
The technique there doesn't need any special angle measurement, I just put the base block in the vice vaguely wonky, machined the slot, then clamped the Gib in and faced both parts off flat with the base block in the vice somewhat straighter.

Have fun with your project, you will learn a lot. Main that lathes make poor mills A lesson i learned myself doing that project.

Don't ask me how I found out how much those beds flex.

Tho to be honest I was able to machine all the bits and bobs to do a a wheel swap on my Monster. 1040 pushed the limits (I was give a 50mm bar at the local metal supplier so that was the suff used for top hat spacers)...... The sprocket carrier just fit..just

andypugh wrote: photos.app.goo.gl/nwM9Ze59j3zi5TB77

Is an an album showing how I made tapered gibbs for my lathe.
The technique there doesn't need any special angle measurement, I just put the base block in the vice vaguely wonky, machined the slot, then clamped the Gib in and faced both parts off flat with the base block in the vice somewhat straighter.

Have fun with your project, you will learn a lot. Main that lathes make poor mills A lesson i learned myself doing that project.

I've seen people make a gib like that. I'd have to look at mine since it looks like on yours its ground on the bottom of the rail where the gib rides and then adjacent to it as well. So you could make the gib thick enough to ride both those surfaces.

I designed mine like this
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It sits in a dovetail which has a 1 degree taper along it's length. Not sure if that's necessary.

AnnoyingMutt wrote: Don't ask me how I found out how much those beds flex.

Tho to be honest I was able to machine all the bits and bobs to do a a wheel swap on my Monster. 1040 pushed the limits (I was give a 50mm bar at the local metal supplier so that was the suff used for top hat spacers)...... The sprocket carrier just fit..just

I've wanted a Monster for a while and didn't exactly know what I wanted to do with this lathe. Originally I started this project for learning LinuxCNC but now it's growing, but maybe I'll end up making motorcycle parts in my apartment:laugh:

ask your naibors around and tell lots of people you got a lathe
YOU will be mashining alot of hours
some did start a shop that way