04-05-2012, 11:17 AM
Ed,
It should work on anything that uses a dovetail slide, and there is method in my madness.
Personally, I don't like the normal method of locking up a gib with a grub screw, as most gibs are locked, as it will have a tendency over time to actually deform the gib strip. By coming from the other side, as I have done, the strip should remain perfectly straight.
I have yet to do the same mod to my topslide (compound), as I want a very easy method of locking it up for when I am facing off, plus also, I have a DRO wacked over the top of the gib locking screw on that as well.
John
It should work on anything that uses a dovetail slide, and there is method in my madness.
Personally, I don't like the normal method of locking up a gib with a grub screw, as most gibs are locked, as it will have a tendency over time to actually deform the gib strip. By coming from the other side, as I have done, the strip should remain perfectly straight.
I have yet to do the same mod to my topslide (compound), as I want a very easy method of locking it up for when I am facing off, plus also, I have a DRO wacked over the top of the gib locking screw on that as well.
John