Yea, I was looking at full coverage on all way surfaces with oil groves cut into them. To keep them sealed I wanted to use leather wipes, because leather will expand with oil saturation to act as a true wipe/seal, felt just acts as a wipe.
More advantages to the turcite is the ability to have a negative clearance fit, in which the turcite is actually compressed a pinch to remove all way play, without significantly increasing slide resistance.
The goal of this machine is to be a ballscrew turning center and maybe some other light production work, not to mention a “fun retro”. I know it would probably be better (loose term) to pop for a production CNC lathe, but seeing as I do this and I would like to show that you can produce some really startling results with just some imagination.
Long and sort of it is, when it is done it will be the best CNC retro it can be, and in the total cost of the project turcite, although expensive, should add some reasonable value to the project.
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