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Posted by ravensworth2674 on February 19, 2008, 7:41 am
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> Hi
> My small bench lathe (an Axminster BV20) has zeroing dials on the
> feeds. Most are Ok, except the one on the compound which was always
> very stiff.
> On examination, it looks fairly standard construction - a steel 'hub'
> with a outer aluminium graduated sleeve and a gap between the two. In
> this gap was a flat piece of bowed springsteel that contacted the
> outer sleeve - giving the necessary friction.
> No matter how much fiddling with this I did, including replacing with
> thinner ,better spring steel I cannot seem to get a nice even &
> consistent 'feel' to this. Its either still far to tight or to sloppy.
> I tried replacing the spring with a thick rubber grommet & grease, it
> is generally better but still doesn't seem 'right' at times - tends to
> stick quite a bit.
> Anyone got any tips where they have had similar problems and got
> around them?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
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> My small bench lathe (an Axminster BV20) has zeroing dials on the
> feeds. Most are Ok, except the one on the compound which was always
> very stiff.
> On examination, it looks fairly standard construction - a steel 'hub'
> with a outer aluminium graduated sleeve and a gap between the two. In
> this gap was a flat piece of bowed springsteel that contacted the
> outer sleeve - giving the necessary friction.
> No matter how much fiddling with this I did, including replacing with
> thinner ,better spring steel I cannot seem to get a nice even &
> consistent 'feel' to this. Its either still far to tight or to sloppy.
> I tried replacing the spring with a thick rubber grommet & grease, it
> is generally better but still doesn't seem 'right' at times - tends to
> stick quite a bit.
> Anyone got any tips where they have had similar problems and got
> around them?
>
> Thanks
> Mike