RYAZAN MACHINE TOOL REBUILD PART 8

Hey, everyone. So, I forgot where I left off in our last video, but the flats are finished on this, along with a master on this side for the slide traces, based on these ground ways. What we’re working on now is fitting the gibs, so we’re nearly done with the X-axis. You can see the screw and everything else is in place.

To address the issue with the missing part and the gib, we added this washer here. By installing this washer, we can use the gib screw to push against the casting wall over here to secure it. I’m not sure if this is the ideal solution, but it’s what we’re doing for now so we can keep scraping the gibs. We haven’t fully resolved that issue yet, but this allows us to start scraping without falling behind.

Once we finish this section, which is the X-axis, we’ll move on to the bed plates. Then, we’ll have our machine come in to figure out a better solution to get us up and running more securely. Instead of using this washer, we’re considering adding a plug on the opposite side with an indentation that locks onto the screw’s outer diameter for added stability, just in case the screw shifts. There’s a slight bit of movement now, and there should be absolutely none for this setup. So, we’re making progress, but the issue isn’t fully addressed or fixed correctly yet.

I also want to mention that the binders are done. We managed to get those scraped in, but the last part is the gibs. We’ll be back at it tomorrow, working on those as well. I’m hoping we’ll wrap this up by Monday or Tuesday, depending on the bearing.

After that, we’ll remove the screw and everything else and move on to the bed section. These are the parallels we made to reenact your bed. One thing I forgot to mention is, if you folks can help us out, I’m going to walk over here. This is your shared bedway with the tailstock. I’m not concerned about that section, but when we fit the gibs, I need you to measure the width of the way that fits in here as accurately as possible.

If you can provide us with the overall width, we’ll grind our parallels to match that exact thickness. This way, we can rough in the gib a bit. It won’t be perfect, but it’ll be much closer if we have those measurements, and then we can scrape it here.