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Thread: douglas shaper gib adjustment
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19th Nov 2011, 01:51 PM #1Golden Member
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douglas shaper gib adjustment
cant find a manual on douglas shaper only part manual
can anyone tell me the best procedure to adjust gib on douglas shaper please
john
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19th Nov 2011, 05:11 PM #2Most Valued Member
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Set it to a .001 gap and go from there,what part of the shaper are you setting?
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19th Nov 2011, 07:00 PM #3Mechanical Butcher
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What I do with any gib that has many adjusting screws, is first to back off all of them.
Then, screw one in until it's just too tight, and back off until it has just enough clearance to slide easily. Repeat for the others, one at a time.
Jordan
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19th Nov 2011, 07:13 PM #4Most Valued Member
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Which one do you start with.
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19th Nov 2011, 10:18 PM #5Mechanical Butcher
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One near the middle.
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20th Nov 2011, 09:08 AM #6Golden Member
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starting with the ram gib
i take it you slacken of the lock bolts and gib screws and retighten till there .001" between ram slide and gib
tighten lock bolts up and gib locks
there seems to be some reaction between lock down bolts in the adjustment have i loosened them too much while making gib screw adjustments
john
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20th Nov 2011, 09:20 AM #7Golden Member
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found this so pipeclays on the $$$$$ http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...stment-211788/
Last edited by tanii51; 20th Nov 2011 at 09:25 AM. Reason: mistyped link
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20th Nov 2011, 11:47 AM #8Senior Member
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Tanii
I found this link yesterday, it's USNavy doco on the south bend 7. Check pg 17 of the PDF. Hope it's useful.
JohnQ
the link
http://www.lathetalk.com/library/sbarmy7shaper.pdf
JohnQ
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20th Nov 2011, 01:11 PM #9Golden Member
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johnq can you repost the link fo r us thank i cant get it to work
john
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