How I've made the sled of the cross slide for my home made metal lathe. Using the same technique applied for other parts of this lathe, I didn't welded the elements, rather I put them together through glue, pins and screws to avoid deformations and achieve higher quality and precision. This time I used cyanoacrylic glue (similar to superglue) in place of epoxy, because pins and screws are enough to keep the parts in place and the elements are attached together quicker.
The pins perfectly fit the holes that has been drilled and reamed to a tight diameter, so the pins need to be forced with the aid of a press (here the link to the video where I've made a DIY press: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-CyulPt2looU.html).
Next step will be to install the cross slide to the carriage.
In the previous episode I've made the cross slide ways, here the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0BuqkRqqxyk.html
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28 май 2021
