Posted by Neil Wyatt on 22/02/2019 11:4
A quick google will show Tormachs and Bridgeports being shimmed to correct similar errors so neither the issue nor the cure is unique to far-eastern imports.
Really? Not familiar with Tormach machine tools but Bridgeports I am, I'm assuming the turret type, M and J type heads. These will not be shimmed to correct errors that have been described in this thread and the other now closed thread. The heads tilt and nod so the errors can be eliminated.
I wonder if, in this case, that shimming the gib strips has caused confusion. A well known trick to extend the life of a Bridgeport before commiting to the expense of re-chromed and ground slide ways.
John