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Wed 10 July 2013, 19:11
My machine does not work very hard (half dozen hours a week), but after a year or so I've noticed a sharp lip on the rails at the bottom of the vee (i.e. where the vee meets the vertical wall of the rail) - like the burr you get on a knife edge if you over sharpen one side.
I'm assuming that this is wear from the hard wheels pushing down on imperfectly angled vee rails. Can I harden the rails by blow torching them? Is the wear likely to progress to the point where the wheels pinch? Any ideas or recommendations?
I'm assuming that this is wear from the hard wheels pushing down on imperfectly angled vee rails. Can I harden the rails by blow torching them? Is the wear likely to progress to the point where the wheels pinch? Any ideas or recommendations?