I noticed Thursday night that the lathe coolant-post-mount tends to wiggle around a lot when you traverse the bed. I tried to tighten the screws that mount it to the apron, but found the right screw wouldn’t tighten down.
Thought I’d run that past @BobKarnaugh and @nicksilva before I unilaterally replaced that screw and/or re-tapped that hole. I’ll be at the space either later today or tomorrow.
There is also a segmented flexible hose that can replace the portion pass the valve. It is kept in the teachers’ cabinet - not sure if anyone prefers that or not, but we do have it. Much easier to adjust position.
I fixed it. The screws that were in it were a diameter size too small and were boogered up pretty good. They were bent when I pulled them out. I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what size the holes were, and ended up using the pin gauge set to figure it out.
I retapped the holes with a 10-32 tap and reinstalled the post. It’s snug and secure now throughout travel.
Didn’t put the flexible hoses on because they didn’t mate up. Quite frankly I liked the metal one better for now.
Added coolant and tested it. Runs fine. Liquid comes out the hole as expected.