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RE: Gib locking & DRO - Dave J - 10-31-2012
(10-31-2012, 05:59 AM)EdK Wrote:(10-31-2012, 12:02 AM)petertha Wrote: Here are some pics. I replaced the cheesy wing nut with a slightly less cheesy knurled knob. Monkey see monkey do, didnt know better at the time. Is this the general idea of the pin type contact slider pad?
Peter,
That's it.
Ed
Agree with Ed, and your pictures are spot on.
Dave
RE: Gib locking & DRO - Mayhem - 11-01-2012
Here is a picture of the 2 different locks on the knee of my Kondia mill (I dismantled it last night). It highlights two methods of locking the knee.
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On the left is one of the 2 locks that sit perpendicular to the gib and the screw presses a brass angled pad against the gib. This is the style discussed above.
The one on the right extends to the front of the knee, where a lever rotates the rod which has an eccentric lobe. The lobe sits in wedge, which then also presses against the gib. The wedge sits in the large hole in the bottom centre of the picture and the setscrew retains the rod.