11-24-2016, 07:45 PM
Made up the housing for the linear bearings the blade holder will slide on. Tried with some mystery steel I had, couldn't get it to bore without tearing, hence couldn't hold the tolerances to preload the bearings. Went with aluminum the bore had to be 1.563 +.0005 - .0000, not bad for work in a 16 inch four jaw.
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Greg
Greg