[Antonyong]

Yeh, i'm in a bit of a dilemma. I recently noticed that the crosslide ways on my 9x20 lathe weren't parallel. After measuring either end of the dovetail i found that there is a taper of around .4mm! Unfortunatly my warranty has expired and re-machining the dovetail on my mill we be a last ditch attempt at saving money on having to buy a new part.

I put the saddle of the lathe onto my tilting vice so that i could try to match the angle of my cutter to the angle of the dovetail. Then i tried clocking the other side of the dovetail with my dial indicator without much luck. I can't get both planes of the dovetail to line up close enough to take the cut.

Basically, is there a way i can cut one side of a dovetail so that both sides become parallel?