05-09-2017, 02:22 PM
Hi folks, I haven’t been idle although it was SWMBO's birthday last weekend so not a lot done on the mill or any of my other projects however I have been cleaning stuff off during evenings after work. I will do a proper update when I get to a reasonable milestone but in the meantime I have a question.
The cross slide is locked by a pin with a notch in it and when I took it out it seems to have been overtightened and bent and it is starting to fracture. I will make a new one but my question is what material should I use? Mild steel, tool steel or something else? I was thinking something like EN8 (I think the US equivalent is AISI 1040). What do you think?
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John
The cross slide is locked by a pin with a notch in it and when I took it out it seems to have been overtightened and bent and it is starting to fracture. I will make a new one but my question is what material should I use? Mild steel, tool steel or something else? I was thinking something like EN8 (I think the US equivalent is AISI 1040). What do you think?
John