I am looking for a company who can grind inverted v lathe ways. I have a 1940 SB 9" with a 4-foot bed. I found a company in Tenn. who is set up to do it, but I was looking for other companies to compare price and reliability. I have completely restored this lathe minus a few parts needing paint. But I need to have the ways ground, because there is as much as a .013 wear them near the headstock. It works great right now, but I would like to turn it into the precise machine it was 62 years ago. Of course I will scrape the ways after they have been ground.
I prefer grinding to machining because of the “stress†milling can put on aged steel. I also have tried to find companies locally who would do it, but they do not want to be responsible for messing it up. Any information on companies, or other ideas would be very helpful. Thanks!
I prefer grinding to machining because of the “stress†milling can put on aged steel. I also have tried to find companies locally who would do it, but they do not want to be responsible for messing it up. Any information on companies, or other ideas would be very helpful. Thanks!
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