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Where do you get heat shrink that size and clear enough to read through?
IMWTK
CZ

18 or 16 ga should do it, if you have the ribs along the length. Mild steel, of course. Most sheet metal shop can shear and break the iron.

CZ

PS. With a suitable sized flask, you could pour six or more at a time. Since the ball mill will not care if they are perfectly round, or cylindrical, you don't need a perfect surface on them. KBond sand, http://castinghobbyfaq.bareboogerhost.com/kbond.shtml, can be made in small batches, or traditio...

Since you sound like you are conversant with metal casting, green sand casting would probably be a way to go.
CZ

Most of the bending stresses borne buy a round member are in the outer 20 % of the diameter. Fill the tube with expanding concrete, (your building supply house should know what that is) and don't worry about it. The concrete will dampen some of the vibrations.

CZ

Boiled linseed oil

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wlw-19958 wrote:Hi There,

CaptonZap wrote:Only if you make an upside down boring bar to cut on the back side of the female socket.

CZ

Or, reverse the rotation of the spindle and cut on the back side.

Good Luck!
-Blue Chips-
Webb

How many left hand boring bars do you have?

CZ

Only if you make an upside down boring bar to cut on the back side of the female socket.

CZ

From an on line dictionary;

ar·bor 2 (är′bər)
n.
1. An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
2. A bar for supporting cutting tools.
3. A spindle of a wheel, as in watches and clocks.
4. pl. ar·bo·res (är′bə-rēz′) A tree, as opposed to a shrub.