I guess an update is in order, since there's still some responses.
I asked the question before the final weldout, and when all machine work was done. It was a legitimate question, although it should have been asked before I put the damn DOM in the chuck.
I guess, to make it all real. I Iike Machinery's. I go with what the pages outline. My clearances were not ISO, but what the old school(I hope I have that right) tolerances are. Slip fit, running fit, etc.
.004-005 is somewhere in some damn category.........can't remember which now. But, it was a compromise........given that the thing had to be assembled with less than an Epic effort.
On assembly, even unloaded, the grease was an effort. Literally having to lean on the gun with all my weight. NLG2 isn't 90w. And, nothing on a repair deal is totally 100% in line. And.......damnit...............004-005 is slightly thicker than a piece of copier paper. Plus, I don't have the capability to machine a spiral grease groove in a bore.
To get to a point where thousands mattered...........started here.
And, wound up here...............
That ain't too damn bad guys.
There's aspirational..........then there's real world. Not to step on toes, but it is what it is.
I said .060 on the axle stay..................I was generous
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This thing was a f'n mess.
I really appreciated the supportive comments. It tells me that some folks have been there, done it.
I tend to get a bit aggressive, and combative. This place makes ya that way, if you're not a job shop. I always tell folks to work from the machine out, never try to work to what the machine was, when it came off the line. You deal with the machine as it sits. It's not like working from a drawing, you have to work with a less-than-perfect lump of iron. And, for me at least...........it's with primitive tools. I like it, actually I thrive on it. It's the one thing about the business that I still have some interest in. I'm bordering on retirement..........one shove, one way, or the other, will determine how it goes. I'm tired of just making ends meet.
K'kins tells me that if I retire, I'll probably die in short order. I'd like to spend more years with her. Have to think it over. (She probably just wants to see me keel over in the pasture with a heart attack........she's a slave driver LOL) Just kidding. She's the love of my life. I hope she's the last thing I see.
