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by ccfl
Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you need a good laugh...
Replies: 18
Views: 9310

Re: If you need a good laugh...

I did not miss the point. This post was not meant to ask for advice, or in-person help, or help finding in-person help. It was a funny picture of what happens when ambition outpaces your tools' capabilities. I know the correct way to do this job: hand it over to someone with real machinery. I have n...
by ccfl
Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:02 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you need a good laugh...
Replies: 18
Views: 9310

Re: If you need a good laugh...

Anyone who doesn't tell you where they are, isn't serious about wanting help. ...lew... http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=105790#p380223 curtis: East Mississippi, roughly 100 miles any direction from nominal civilization. Draw a rough circle around Jackson, Memphis, Birmin...
by ccfl
Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:07 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you need a good laugh...
Replies: 18
Views: 9310

Re: If you need a good laugh...

Steve: This will be a new quill for my hot rod drill press/fake mill designed around larger bearings (and a new spindle). When it's done if I get more than 2 tenths runout between the OD and the bearing bores I will be a little disappointed in myself, even though that's completely silly given the ot...
by ccfl
Sat Sep 23, 2017 10:20 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you need a good laugh...
Replies: 18
Views: 9310

Re: If you need a good laugh...

HA! Well, as dangerous as it was I managed to square up both ends and drill one center hole. Low speed, very sharp HSS, and yes I know it would have been like a medium-size bomb going off if something had gone wrong. The piece is just over 8" long now, but the part hidden inside it is only 5.75...
by ccfl
Sat Sep 23, 2017 6:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: If you need a good laugh...
Replies: 18
Views: 9310

If you need a good laugh...

I need to poke a 1" hole through this massive piece of 4140HT ('4142', whatever). It's not gonna happen, is it? :cry:
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by ccfl
Tue Sep 12, 2017 12:04 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Digital calipers
Replies: 37
Views: 13247

Re: Digital calipers

The very persuasive arguments here have changed my mind. After all, if you go grinding on or modifying the Harbor Freight $10 calipers, you will void the warranty and then not be able to get them replaced if something goes wrong. But seriously. You guys don't know how to fix things? You don't like t...
by ccfl
Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Caliper for Marking
Replies: 29
Views: 11346

Re: Caliper for Marking

If you get HF flyer emails, you can just show them the email on your phone to use the coupon, no hard copy required. They are pretty rough out of the box but polish up nice. Diamond needle files to knock off the corners, 400 grit paper to blend, 1/2x1/2x4 India stone to finish. 68304_01.jpg 68304_02...
by ccfl
Fri Sep 08, 2017 6:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Digital calipers
Replies: 37
Views: 13247

Re: Digital calipers

They make $150 calipers because, apparently, there are lots of people out there who want to buy them. I know, I don't understand those people either.
by ccfl
Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:36 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Caliper for Marking
Replies: 29
Views: 11346

Re: Caliper for Marking

I totally understand fetish objects. Those greenish-silver face Brown & Sharpe DTIs tickle me in my special place and I buy them whenever the price is right even though I don't need another one. I got a Fowler large dial 0-4-0 DTI in a small lot from ebay, opened it up, and promptly dropped in t...
by ccfl
Sun Sep 03, 2017 11:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Caliper for Marking
Replies: 29
Views: 11346

Re: Caliper for Marking

HF has 5 or 6 different SKUs for what appear to be only two models. I don't know why they do that. Anyway, the one that does only inch/metric is the stupid one that loses zero every time. The one that does inch/fractional/metric is the one you want (#62569, #68304). It only resets zero if you pull t...
by ccfl
Sun Sep 03, 2017 5:54 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Caliper for Marking
Replies: 29
Views: 11346

Re: Caliper for Marking

$10 Harbor Freight calipers are just as accurate & repeatable as any other 6" digital caliper at any price, and, you can abuse them and not feel guilty about it. Sharpen the tips and scribe your layout lines; dull them, sharpen again. Work them over with a stone to smooth out the sharp edge...
by ccfl
Thu Aug 31, 2017 2:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Pictures not visable
Replies: 13
Views: 6866

Re: Pictures not visable

Or do what I did, adblock any URL that contains the string 'photobucket'. Youtube is next for that same treatment, if they don't change something or if there isn't a FF extension soon that brings back some version that will actually play a video in my browser. Since their latest 'redesign' all I get...