srwtlc
08-18-2006, 01:00 AM
I thought I'd add a little chrome to my ShopBot and finally get rid of those hold downs that we love to hate so much. Actually, it was just a piece of flat bar 1/4" thick and when I started sanding off the black scale with my random orbit sander so I could paint it, I decided to take it through the grits up to 1500. It looked great so I put some "Wizards Power Seal" on it to help keep it *shiny*.
The rail is part of one of the utility struts that came with my machine that I didn't use. I cut off one edge, belt sanded the edge clean and true, and then bolted it onto the Y rail with the rounded "J" part tight to the underside of the rail. The V-bearing rides nice and smooth along the underside and the Y car is held down firmly.
The Y car now rides much smoother and there's no fiddle fartin' with the four horizontal V-bearings.
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The rail is part of one of the utility struts that came with my machine that I didn't use. I cut off one edge, belt sanded the edge clean and true, and then bolted it onto the Y rail with the rounded "J" part tight to the underside of the rail. The V-bearing rides nice and smooth along the underside and the Y car is held down firmly.
The Y car now rides much smoother and there's no fiddle fartin' with the four horizontal V-bearings.
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