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Default What kind of lathe has V-flat ways rails with 80 degree V angle?

On Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:18:34 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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It's not a SB 10L. All three Vs appear to be around 92 degrees,
just
checking it quickly.


I thought so too until I put one of my steel protractors on them a
little while ago. I couldn't fit my vernier protractor in there, so
I
had to use a sliding-leg protractor with no degree marks. It
definitely looked sharper than 90 degrees.

Ed Huntress


The square end of a steel rule is a nearly light-tight fit in the
internal vee of my SB 10L micrometer stop.
jsw


I'll transfer the angle to a vernier protractor and see. If I hadn't
gotten the same result on all three, I'd chalk it up to making a bad
fit.

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