Gib locking & DRO

[TomG]

(10-30-2012, 07:00 AM)EdK Wrote:

(10-30-2012, 06:37 AM)TomG Wrote: I would not use a ball because that will probably put little dents in the gib where it bears and eventually the problem may return as those dents start overlapping.

Tom

Good point Tom. Maybe a brass ball would be best rather than a ball bearing.

Ed

Yeah, those gibs are normally just cast iron. I would skip the ball altogether and just use a pin with an end to match the angle of the dovetail, that's pretty much standard practice. It can be steel as well because there is no point contact or rotation.

Tom