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- Fri Sep 05, 2008 6:31 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Bye Guys
- Replies: 1
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Bye Guys
I'll be over at PM if any of you guys want to visit.
- Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:31 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Ah S H $ $ ! ! ! Bad Setup
- Replies: 23
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- Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: measuring inside diameters
- Replies: 17
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- Mon Aug 25, 2008 11:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: measuring inside diameters
- Replies: 17
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Telescoping guages.... Expand to slightly larger than diam to be measured. Put in the hole cocked at an angle and fairly tight on the lock screw. Lever the guage past square (it will retain the smallest measurement) and very carefully check with mic. Too much pressure on the mic and it'll read under...
- Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:11 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Ah S H $ $ ! ! ! Bad Setup
- Replies: 23
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Use a drawbar and set your cut up so the force pushes into the fixture instead of trying to pull it out. If it manages to pull it the slightest amount, you will get a bigger bite, so it will pull harder, so it takes a bigger bite, etc..... bang. If you are pushing and it slips, the cut is reduced. Y...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MY newest gift!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7883
Nice mill, Gerald! 75-4200rpm.... great speed range. Only issue with this, like the mills we have at work, is their inexplicable aversion to put iron in the table. The tables on these mills are not as heavily built as the rest of the machine. Just be careful not to leave the table hanging off the kn...
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:47 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Large lathe, small job?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7869
- Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:10 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Large lathe, small job?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7869
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:25 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Large lathe, small job?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7869
- Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:18 am
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: What size 4 jaw is the limit for lathe
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6664
- Wed Aug 13, 2008 6:29 am
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: What mill for best finish?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6700
- Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Setting Up Work
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12498