Removing backlash in cross-slide handle - The Home Machinist! - Chaski
So far I've adjsuted the gib on the compound and on the cross-slide, and it behaves better. After adjusting the gib on the cross-slide, I've noticed some backlash in the handle, maybe .004", meaning that if I turn clockwise, I have to move counter clockwise .004" before feeling the handle stiffening. The funny thing is that if I loosen the gib ...