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I often use aluminum flashing for shim stock.? You can get a pack of 10 flat 5x7 sheets for $3.50 at home depot.? What I have is 0.010" thick and it cuts easily with a scissors.? If I need to go

As already covered, your lathe must be firmly anchored to twist the bed. Here's a stout S/S 1" x 6" shim assortment on Amazon (

After that, you need to find a poker game, and see if you have any luck left! I bought a full set of the steel shim stock from Enco before they crashed and burned, but I still don't have a really good

My preference is Coca Cola cans, but that's just because I like a Coke now and then. Though there was a time in my life when I was doing a case a day Coke habit. ;) Any sort of soda will do though. If

?I used to just tell people I was doing my part for the environment by recycling the cans . animal

??? ??? I bought this pack several years back , though it was $ 30 something when I bought it .?? I don't know what MSC is getting for their shim's these days but this was alot cheaper for

I got lucky shimming my 12X24. I was trying to bore a 4" deep hole but kept coming out with a taper. I stuck a piece of hack saw blade under one corner of the tail stock end, just as a starting point,

Yes. That is what people call leveling the lathe. You bolt it down to the bench, then measure, then shim then measure then shim or unshim, rinse and repeat. Keep repeating until no more twist. You

I like this. When the wife inquires why you are drinking beer in the middle of the day, you tell her: honey, I need the shims. Get Outlook for

Thanks Andrei, can one take the twist from the bed just with shims or do you need to put some tension on it by also bolting it down? A twisted casting would have tension in it that would have to be

For money savings try this For thicker shims drop by any place that does wheel alignments. They use shims shaped like the letter U with a tab at the bottom of of the u. They will probably sell you an

I’ve leveled multiple lathes, and assuming my bench is level to start with I’ve always needed somewhere between ~.005” and ~.040” of shimming. If you want to keep cost down, get a roll and

He is looking to take the twist from the bed. Buy shim stock on a roll and just double and triple them as needed. Get Outlook for

Jim, you are wasting your time if you are trying to "level" your lathe. Just use it! Picture a lathe on a ship, it is never level. Ralph [email protected]> wrote:

I'm finally getting my 12x24 Craftsman lathe set up and will need to do some shimming differently than before, and I'm looking for recommendations for a source of good shims, maybe an assortment so I

Mike,Great call.? Mine showed up today.? Wish I had it when U made the collet holders, I was just to lazy to make a stub shaft.Storing it in the bore of a faceplate I have to keep both nice.GregSent

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??? ??? That's to bad . Next time animal

I tried to buy the 3990 today. This was through a real estate agent that was trying to get a property ready to sell. Owner was an older woman that didn't know anything about the tools and her