I took Molly out with her new rocker box last night. The azimuth was smooth as the proverbial butter but altitude was rough. Something was rubbing and at about 27 degrees above the horizon something was catching. I was looking for something at 26 degrees so this was really annoying.
This morning I sanded down the sides of the bearings and applied turtle wax to the laminate. It didn’t really help much. As I moved Molly up and down it was still rubbing against something and there was still that rough spot. Up and down, up and down, then suddenly rougher noise and one of the furniture glides on the side popped out. For clarification, the bearings ride on four teflon pads and I have three furniture glides on each side to help keep things true. One of those popped out. Well crap. Or at least that is what I thought until I realized that Molly was moving up and down with ease now. From straight up to almost horizontal smooth. Yay! I think will leave the one glide out.
She stays where you put her now without the elastic counterweight and that was the whole point of the exercise.
