Lathe Cross Slide Problem

[EdK]

(07-03-2014, 06:29 AM)stevec Wrote: Ed, I suspect that when you examine the nut for scratches from the trough you'll find the marks to be on the corners that have resulted by the flat milling to reduce the nut's downward length. (boy! in the efforts to 'splain clearly I seem to have composed a confusing prattle ) .
All that to say, rounding the corners by file or mill will eliminate the interference.

Steve,

I was thinking the same thing while laying in bed this morning wondering if I should get up or just lay there. Anyway, I did chamfer the two corners but not much so I'm going to chamfer them heavily and see if that fixes the scrapping sound. I didn't see any scratches on the bottom of the nut so it must be the corners that are rubbing on the trough. That's a good thing since it's an easy fix.

Ed