The Home Machinist!

Yes, that's what I meant. It will fully anneal copper, though.

Self-cleaning ovens get to 500C. That's enough for annealing.

Consider using air cylinders with oil instead of air.

I like to read well-written fantasy. The problem with movie fantasy is that they make stuff up at random with no regard for internal consistency. They just do whatever they need to to move the plot along, as if they had not bothered to plan it out in advance. Superman is boring *because* he can do a...

Harold_V wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 15, 2018 1:58 am

I like the comparison to a Duesenberg. The car of my dreams.

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A friend of mine had a Bentley from that era. Incredible maintenance hassle.

Science and technology are always bungled and garbled in movies even when they aren't fantasies. That's one of the reasons I no longer watch them.

That's why I assume that I would need to design a drive myself, and why I'd consider keeping the motor-generator.

In fact, of course, I will probably never even have the opportunity to touch a 10EE.

Replacing vacuum tube rectifiers with solid state devices is straightforward. However, if you are referring to the thyratrons (which are not vacuum tubes), replacing them with solid state devices would require replacing the entire motor control system with one of a modern design. I think that I woul...

If I had one with the thyratrons I'd be tempted to preserve the control system not because it's superior but just because it's cool. With the motor-generator rig I'd a least add closed-loop control, possibly scrapping the motor-generator, possibly not. I have a 2 hp dc motor with closed-loop control...

I've got one of each. I don't see any significant difference.

They pour the soapy water into the tubing, freeze the tube, and then bend the tube around a form to the radius/curve/shape desired. Any idea what function is performed by the addition of soap? H I think that the soap will cause the solution to gell rather than crystallizing as pure water would.

Well, I no doubt would if I had a 10EE, but I've never even been in the same room as one.

Surely it is possible to engage the cross-slide power feed without engaging the carriage power feed.