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by tornitore45
Wed Mar 13, 2024 7:39 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Milling depth
Replies: 17
Views: 4097

Re: Milling depth

If your goal was to clean a thread, I think the geometry of the tool is not optimal. Rather than cutting what looks like a slot (keyway) it should look more like a flute with no metal in front of the edge doing the cleaning. End mills prefer to cut on one side throwing off the chips rather than cutt...
by tornitore45
Fri Mar 08, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Favorite Places to Shop In Your Area
Topic: New Jersey: Cook Tool & Machine
Replies: 12
Views: 28437

Re: New Jersey: Cook Tool & Machine

They said that USPS didn't meet their standards.
Sure 4140 in the annealed state can be pretty delicate and easily bruised. :lol: :lol:
by tornitore45
Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Lathes
Topic: How is it possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 417

Re: How is it possible?

So it was not a mirage, I like to see the mechanism. I suppose a collet grabs with just enough force to cut and a second collet behind is capable to hold tighter, rotate and push out the stock.
by tornitore45
Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:02 am
Forum: Lathes
Topic: How is it possible?
Replies: 4
Views: 417

How is it possible?

I do not know if it is real or an optical illusion but on some turning videos look like the stock protrude from the chuck/collet as it is spinning and cutting.

How can that be?
by tornitore45
Wed Feb 07, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: Lathes
Topic: Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name
Replies: 31
Views: 1327

Re: Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name

My ex wife is well aware of the effort to righthand a lefty. Abused and belittled without getting into "social belief" you can imagine which group of "enlightened, progressive" thinkers were running education back then.
by tornitore45
Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:02 pm
Forum: Lathes
Topic: Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name
Replies: 31
Views: 1327

Re: Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name

I am right handed and would appreciate a left handed caliper for easy reading on the lathe.
by tornitore45
Wed Feb 07, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Lathes
Topic: Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name
Replies: 31
Views: 1327

Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name

I was watching U-tube and noticed more than a few lathes built with the headstock on the right.

Is that something that was done sometime for some reason?
by tornitore45
Sat Jan 20, 2024 8:04 pm
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: I am a human electric cell
Replies: 4
Views: 1255

Re: I am a human electric cell

Can't say. I drink cold from stainless steel. I drink hot from ceramic cups. It just happens to be the way I do.
by tornitore45
Sat Jan 20, 2024 7:39 pm
Forum: The Junk Drawer
Topic: I am a human electric cell
Replies: 4
Views: 1255

I am a human electric cell

Sometime I get a truly small sliver on metal in my finger, so small I do not even feel it. My all around drinking glass is a double walled stainless steel tumbler. When I grab it with my hand I immediately feel the spot where the sliver is. Is like an electrical sensation similar to when you place y...
by tornitore45
Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Advice On Buying A Wiggler and Centre Finder 5 Piece Set.
Replies: 21
Views: 11595

Re: Advice On Buying A Wiggler and Centre Finder 5 Piece Set.

I am sure I am missing something but what is the point of using a wiggler on a drill press? Usually one drills on a drill press when a center punch is adequate to start the hole. Possibly start into the punch with a small drill. If location is important then one drill on the mill and use the edge fi...
by tornitore45
Wed Jan 10, 2024 1:39 pm
Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
Topic: Aquarium Air Pump for chip clearing?
Replies: 7
Views: 54332

Re: Aquarium Air Pump for chip clearing?

You mean blowing the chip away from the cut? Aquarium pumps have hardly the output to blow bubbles I doubt can do anything about the chips. Perhaps if you are cutting wood.
by tornitore45
Sun Dec 03, 2023 10:55 am
Forum: Casting & Foundry Work
Topic: Casting a straight edge
Replies: 32
Views: 34628

Re: Casting a straight edge

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