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Cutting dovetails, how hard can it be...
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 634942" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>the gibs tend to develop a warp when your dealing with long ones (all machines do this). You can straiten them out, but I won't tell you how, as you may destroy the gib doing this (I've seen more than one guy actually break them in half). There's another way to do it with a pencil torch, but have never tried it. You'll also need a good surface plate. If the gib has excessive wear in it, you can epoxy a brass strip to the backside. Then rescrape it flat again. Then you can scrape that gib back in. (often will be too long on the big end) If you buy a new gib, it will always be too long, and this puts right back where you started at. The otherway is to weld a piece of cast iron to the big end and cut it off at the small end. I recommend Exron 223 or 222 welding rods and a torch to help cool it down slowly. Either way you gotta rescrape it. By the way if any of you ever buy new gibs, always hang them vertically. Coat them with light spindle oil and wrap them in tin foil. Never allow the sunlight to come in contact with it, or it will warp</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 634942, member: 25383"] the gibs tend to develop a warp when your dealing with long ones (all machines do this). You can straiten them out, but I won't tell you how, as you may destroy the gib doing this (I've seen more than one guy actually break them in half). There's another way to do it with a pencil torch, but have never tried it. You'll also need a good surface plate. If the gib has excessive wear in it, you can epoxy a brass strip to the backside. Then rescrape it flat again. Then you can scrape that gib back in. (often will be too long on the big end) If you buy a new gib, it will always be too long, and this puts right back where you started at. The otherway is to weld a piece of cast iron to the big end and cut it off at the small end. I recommend Exron 223 or 222 welding rods and a torch to help cool it down slowly. Either way you gotta rescrape it. By the way if any of you ever buy new gibs, always hang them vertically. Coat them with light spindle oil and wrap them in tin foil. Never allow the sunlight to come in contact with it, or it will warp gary [/QUOTE]
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