{"id":5105,"date":"2022-01-21T18:32:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T17:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2022-01-21T18:32:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T17:32:24","slug":"sieg-sc3-reassembled-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5105","title":{"rendered":"Sieg SC3 Reassembled at last"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"isPasted\">After spending most of the day trying different thicknesses of shims to get the most rigid, but sliding fit the carriage is back together. As I had hoped a 1\/4 turn of the rear cap head screw locks the carriage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also cut a spacer\/shim to fit on top of the feed nut to do away with the need for rocking about a grub screw. I have left the grub screw in place to stop the hole filling with swarf but it&#8217;s no longer functional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the spacer in place before attaching the cross slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0581.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"996\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0581-996x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5102\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0581-996x1024.jpg 996w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0581-292x300.jpg 292w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0581-768x790.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0581.jpg 1245w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 996px) 100vw, 996px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Carriage Feed Nut Spacer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next was reassembly of the apron, cross and compound slides ready for a test run. It all went back together nicely but getting the main lead screw cover in the right place for the power feed half nuts to engage\/disengage properly was a right pain and took several adjustments before everything ran smoothly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0583.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0583-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5103\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0583-1024x791.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0583-300x232.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0583-768x593.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0583-388x300.jpg 388w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0583.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lathe Reassembled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0584.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0584-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5104\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0584-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0584-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0584-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0584-450x300.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/IMG_0584.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Lathe Reassembled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I still need to make&nbsp;a couple more spacers\/shims to take more backlash from the cross slide but I needed the lathe back together to turn them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After spending most of the day trying different thicknesses of shims to get the most rigid, but sliding fit the carriage is back together. 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