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Great article. I know it's kind of an old thread but it answered almost everything I wanted to know about ball screws. I have a question that unless I missed it, I didn't find here.

I already have...

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I looked anywhere I could think of for this (FAQ, Google, the settings here, etc.) and I see that I can't start a thread in the FAQ sub-forum.

A few days ago the posts in all threads are...

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I'm about to buy a Wabeco D6000 manual lathe. I plan to eventually turn it into a CNC and I read the worst reviews imaginable about their NCCAD software. I looked for software a little and the...

I probably wasn't clear enough. I wasn't referring to shims between the gib and the dovetail (on either side). I've actually used these and it worked fine, not really sure if better than without...

Mine (a Sieg) does it too. Even when the gibs are sligthly too tight, both cross and compounds slides can lean slightly up on the gibs side if I pull them to that direction. I haven't found a way to...

Thank you. That is more or less what I was hoping to hear. Regardless of that, I can also feel/see how the Sieg is cheap and not made so well (had a few major issues to fix, such as incorrect angle...

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I was reading about small lathes for months and only now found this website :)
I'm a musical instrument repairer. English is not my first language and I'm not an expert with lathes (i.e. the...