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[SLK001]

The brand is ARSENAL....

[SLK001]

I wonder if it is well tooled. The deal breaker for me would be the lack of a threading dial on the second carriage.

[SLK001]

Have you tightened the gibs on the back side (under the carriage)? You are describing things that cannot happen - yet they are happening to you. Take...

[SLK001]

Since it apparently wasn't on the floor, where do you think the lopped off finger went?...

[SLK001]

You'll probably need it colder than freezer cold. Liquid nitrogen is usually dripped on the part during machining. Get a couple of cans of Freeze Spray...

[SLK001]

Yeah, the standard procedure for machining materials that flex a lot is to freeze them to the point where they are as hard as steel, then machine them...