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Jim Wilkins Jim Wilkins is offline
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Default How much should be side to side play in mill quill?

On Sep 13, 3:07 pm, Alex wrote:
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The runout means you can't bore a perfectly cylindrical hole using the
quill feed but you may be able to by locking the quill and raising the
table, which is what I have to do. Used machines require a little
understanding, no big deal. How is the runout with the quill
retracted?

jw