Quote:
Originally Posted by bmitchell82
With my setup, if the thing lets go im a monkeys uncle  its got 300mm of double sided dovetail bar grabbing on, its not smooth but not rough either, Ive never seen it slip in 2 year and that's even with 20 deg shift in temp. At the worst case it should get tighter as everything contracts.!
Some mornings i have to work to get the dovetail bolts undone! I know its a piece of mind but shear physics and geometry are why dovetails are selected to do the job! |
Agreed Brendan!
I can tell that once those bolts are tightened on the large EQ6 dovetail head................that load may as well be welded to it............it ain't goin' no where!