Thread: What did you learn today?

Originally Posted by Techo1

I now have a much larger job ahead of removing the crosslide to survey any other damage and then trying to locate a replacement slide. This is a generic FEL 1640ENC CNC Lathe of Asian origin.

As you are no doubt aware I would imagine any new cross slide would have to be scraped in to fit which is not really a big deal although squareness alignment to the spindle will need to be maintained.. I wonder if it will end up being scrapped as an insurance claim..