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    Quote Originally Posted by komatias View Post
    Another slightly overlook aspect is the locking nut you use should be as good as you can get it. The squareness of the thread to the face is not great in some of the chinese nuts I have come across. In my case I also wanted to lock on the front face as opposed to on the thread. Too a while to find anyone in the UK what had them.
    My plan there was to make them - not been a fan of any cheap ones I've bought and making my own at least means it's under my control. Or maybe buy these.

    Today's big news is that I collected the newly ground milling table. They did it really quickly - dropped it off at about 9am on Monday and it as done by midday. Will post in more detail later - for now, here are some shiny pictures:

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    Note the size comparison with the old X3 table :)
    Last edited by Jonathan; 14-01-2016 at 02:06 AM.
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