Attempting to do some work on this lathe yesterday, discloses that the compound ways have a rather large amount of play.
Investigating to see if the gibs, which appear to be tapered, could be snugged up found a very limited range of push pull available. Perhaps an eighth of an inch total.
disassembling the adjuster screws I found what appear to be home made gib pushers, with one of them having no projection of the finger to push the end of the gib beyond the position of the screw is tight...
Sheldon Compound Gib For An 11x36
Investigating to see if the gibs, which appear to be tapered, could be snugged up found a very limited range of push pull available. Perhaps an eighth of an inch total.
disassembling the adjuster screws I found what appear to be home made gib pushers, with one of them having no projection of the finger to push the end of the gib beyond the position of the screw is tight...
Sheldon Compound Gib For An 11x36