Switched from the bigger carbide paint scraper back to the machinist's scraper. Spotting is looking good again and the coverage is starting to expand a bit.
goes over my two attempts at casting an upscaled version of the gingery lathe bed, and also the results of casting an upscaled version of the headstock end bed footing.
Going over what I'm doing with regard to my first attempt at scraping the bed for the Gingery Lathe I'm building. Might have some useful recommendations for other beginners who have no prior experience with scraping...
A video demoing my new lift and pour system - based on tiwonk's design at the gingery machines yahoo group with slight modifications. I definitely feel a lot better pouring with this setup and think it will be a lot safer as well.