Re: Backlash

100 Lbs? I don't know where you got that. The most I have measured
was 40 Lbs to get it moving and 5 Lbs to keep it moving. BTW, it
only takes one finger to keep it moving. I was supprised by how
little 5 Lbs feels on one finger. Maybe I just have strong fingers.
The table is not bound in any way.

Vince

> I think your table is bound up in some way. You say you
> loosened the gibs and it STILL took maybe 100 Lbs to move the
> table? That is incredibly wrong, and you need to find out what
> is going on in there before the entire hand scraping job is
> totally wasted! I don't know whether there are big chips in the
> oil grooves, abrasive somehow left in the ways, the scraping
> somehow wasn't done right, or what, but there is NO WAY it
> should need that kind of force to move it. In fact, a dry
> way shouldn't take that much force to slide, like when I'm
> spotting the ways during scraping. Maybe 20 Lbs to make it
> slide, with a hint of spotting dye on the contact spots.
> With proper way oil in there, it should float like a boat on a lake.
>
> Jon
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