evening all, whilst doing some tiny (1 - 2mm dia) work on my hulking great L5 I noticed my tailstock is low, by about 8 to 10 thou. Is there an accepted way to shim this up? I have currently got 8 thou of feeler gauges in both ends, but its not quite perfect (by indicating inside the MT on the ram). unfortunately Im not sure exactly how much its off due to the bentness of the indicator pin (bent up to contact the taper without the indicator body touching it) which gives a cosine error IIRC. Its a PITA to add another shim, as you have to dismantle the thing, and then recenter it so you can take a hi/low reading. Im sure Ill get quicker, but it took 2 hours last night to get this close..... Are feeler gauges ok to use as the final shim solution? I seem to have inherited about 3 or 4 sets, so have spares. cheers Dave
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16 years ago