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Nope, definitely include me in that group too! Today I went to look at the tooling and bought a vise, so I can check that one off my list. And they were getting rid of all their HSS tooling and let me look through for anything I wanted before they scrapped it. Some need sharpening, some...

After adjusting the gibs, I adjusted the leadscrew backlash on the table and saddle. That was a total PAIN as the nuts are buried deep (as-in I could barely reach with the longest wrenches I have) under the table and the knee and required the adjusting and tightening of six allen bolts each...

Nothing to show but I re-shimmed the saddle and table gibs based on the results from my first try. This time it took three different shim sizes for the four gibs (0.004", 0.006" and 0.008") to get all the adjuster heads flush like they are supposed to be. This also allowed me to install the...

The mystery of the one knee line with no flow is solved. I put the meter in that line in backwards. There's a faint arrow stamped on the meters as they have a build-in check valve, so if they are installed backwards...no flow, guess I missed that one. Flipped it around and put a bolt in the...

It's doable, they make adjustable distribution blocks, no idea what they cost. Before I go down that road I will see if I can get the original system to work properly. The thing I don't like about adjustable points is opening up one line takes flow from every other line since the volume and...

I got all the lube lines hooked up today and filled the pump with Vactra #2 way oil. The first couple pumps pushed a bunch of air out of the pump and lines and then it started pumping. I'm glad I went with the clear lines as it was easy to see where the oil was going and how fast. Amazingly...

Next step was to start assembling the table on top of the saddle. There was the usual massaging of dial parts to fit well on the leadscrew but no more so than usual. I thought this might be more difficult to get in position than the knee or saddle as the table has dovetail ways and has to be...

With the fitting thing "taken care of" (another spoiler) I started running all the lines to get things routed properly. Once the table is on, there is no easy changes and I have to be careful that I don't rub against the bottom of the table or the leadscrew so I made a template of the bottom...