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After painting and way grinding the lathe bed is leveled. Micarda is
bonded to the bottom of the saddle and it is scraped to mate with the ground bed.
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At the right the headstock is being rough scraped into the lathe bed.
It will be finished scraped once the spindle is assembled in the headstock.
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To the left the headstock is being assembled.
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At right is pictured the completed headstock mounted on the bed and the
saddle with re-ground top and hand scraped cross slide. |
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At the left can be seen the completed tailstock and hydraulic indexing turret
mounted on the cross slide. |
To the right the apron has been mounted and the Bijur lubricating
system installed. A ball screw has been mounted with a sheet metal cover and the
servo motor attached to the right end of the bed. |
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