on with the mechanical build:

new gibs machined, teflon glued on then remachined. I prefer using the shaper rather than the manual mill.



Spindle started. Spindle rough machined and drilled



taper set on the top slide (female centre drilled)



taper set using existing more 2 centre



taper in the end of the spindle was finished with a mores 2 reamer. TIR was less than 0.0002.