On Aug 1, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Cliff Rohrabacher, Esq. <rohrabacher@...> wrote:

The next time I have to re align my slider; I? will? remove the whole thing and? trash the Factory stand bolts and their coarse thread?? and? go with a fine thread I'll probably? make? custom lower nuts too with a slit in them and a small screw like? 10-32 or 1/4-20 to compress the nut around the shaft so that once I find that happy place for each threaded shaft? I won't lose it later.

It was incredibly stupid to choose coarse thread for that application.? I bet the engineers and? marketing? had bloody fights over it in the parking lot. I know I would have.

On 8/1/20 10:08 AM, Anthony Quesada wrote:

Happy Weekend everyone,

I set up the slider close last winter after moving across the country, but now I'm mentally preparing myself to fine tune it now that I am settling in. ?

I'm feeling a bit dim as there have been numerous postings about the subject here and I have read through David Best's bible and watched his great flickr videos on the subject as well, but somehow I still have a bit of confusion on the process of achieving the slider toe out....

• Do I achieve slider toe out by loosening all of the # 7 lock nuts and tapping on the end of the chassis with a rubber mallet???I started playing with this yesterday, but wasn't able to get any significant movement on the dial indicator. ?
  • Do I need to exert more force than a mallet to get movement? Two other comments I saw mentioned on this forum said they used their hip and another sounded like they used a pry bar.?

• Before I screw something up, am I even on the right track with locknut #7 being the means of adjusting the toe out? ?

thanks so much and sorry to beat a dead horse here
Anthony
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