Well after a couple of hours futzing around the best I can get is .0015 side to side and .0045 front to back. I haven't had a chance to take any cuts yet, need to turn some setp pulleys first, but at least it's an improvement. Wish it was easier. I just bought a 2.5" face mill but I'm not that confident that it will make a good finish with the head being 5 thou. off.
I found that making my shims cover the entire length of the shimmed side got rid of the binding problem I was having. The first time I tried shimming, my first post, I was actually using aluminum foil. It's .00065 thick and very consistent. My last attempt was with .006 brass shim stock. Three sheets on the back side and two on the chuck side (standing in front of the machine). Same results with aluminum foil and shim stock, amusing. |