thought I'd made one thread to put all my different mods and futzings around in one place.
The carriage on my 618 has way wipers which work really well, but makes it hard to oil under the carriage, so I added a GITS oiler to each side and used a dremel with a ball end burr to cut oil grooves on the underside. Works a treat, but no pictures - I'll take some when I have the carriage off to adjust the shims.
Having oilers and wipers on my carriage made me also want them on my tail stock, so I...
Atlas 618 Mods Thread
The carriage on my 618 has way wipers which work really well, but makes it hard to oil under the carriage, so I added a GITS oiler to each side and used a dremel with a ball end burr to cut oil grooves on the underside. Works a treat, but no pictures - I'll take some when I have the carriage off to adjust the shims.
Having oilers and wipers on my carriage made me also want them on my tail stock, so I...
Atlas 618 Mods Thread
