Todays Project - What did you do today?

[EdK]

Definitely not much to brag about but I started making a new gib lock for the cross slide. My lathe came with a butterfly screw which pressed directly against the gib to lock the cross slide. I put a small ball bearing in so the screw pushes that against the gib. Now I'm making a proper lock by machining a piece of brass rod. So far I've just got it turned to diameter. I still need to put the work piece in a 5C collet and mill the end to 60 degrees to bear against the gib. I'm feeling lazy tonight so I'll save that for another time.

Ed