Hobbymat top slide repair

Bazyle, sounds a bit difficult for me - a guy with very little machining experience! I'm sure if I re-read your instructions 10 times, I would figure exactly what you mean, but so far I understand only half of it. A little drawing might help I'm not sure I would be up for this project, sounds like it would be better go get a little more skills first. E.g. I've never even milled in my life to this day (though I want to learn).

Teco Znojmo got back to me real quick with a quote, the replacement part is 54 EUR + shipping (another 20). I'm thinking to try the clamps solution first, and if I don't like that, get the replacement from Teco.

I think I would go with a single clamp rather than two separate ones, angle the long edge so it won't get in the way of large diameter work and chamfer back the two edges of the clamp so you can rotate the topslide further without it hitting

Hi Gene, you could just bolt or even pin a small steel plate the same thickness of the broken part onto the saddle, across where the two socket heads screws are, wide enough form them to bear on and just trim the base back at the ends of the slot, to allow the full swing.

Regards Nick.

Edited By Nicholas Farr on 02/06/2020 09:25:34

Wow, so many options! You guys are really a great bunch. I like Jason's single-piece clamp idea (and the CAD rendering), this would be less awkward to use compared to two separate clamps (which could rotate while adjusting)

This user has had a similar problem:

**LINK**

Gott in himmel!

I see that the German user has done the opposite of what I suggested and that the bottom plane of the dovetail appears to bisect the leadscrew hole.

I wonder how many Hobbymat users fit a Multifix toolpost?

Edited By ega on 02/06/2020 11:34:15

Heh, just goes to prove this IS a fragile part, not a great feat of engineering perhaps.

I can now see the clamps I'm going to make, although low profile they are not, and can't really see how it would be possible to make low profile.

I was impressed by the simplicity of Nicholas Farr's suggestion.