01-20-2014, 07:09 AM
(01-20-2014, 12:04 AM)Hawkeye Wrote: To my way of thinking, getting rid of the need for shims on the four-way or tweaking the rocker on the original toolpost makes almost anything else quick.
So true. I spent 6 years early in my career running a Polish-made lathe with a 27-1/2" (700mm) 4-jaw chuck and one of those 4-way indexing posts. I still have a pile of various shims in my toolbox. Getting tools raised to center height was always a chore, though nothing like trying to lower one!