The Home Machinist!

I had use of a vari drie Bridgeport once and it was noisy.

Also had a friend that was one of those older guys that had been a machinist all of his life (you know the type...) and he always said that he much preferred a step pulley mill to a vari drive due to the noise.

Before you store it next time: Drain the auto fuel, dump in a gallon of Avgas, run it for a couple of minutes, or of it has a fuel shut off, run it until it quits and then drain out the Avgas. The next time you need it, dump in some auto gas and it will start right up. Avgas doesn't eat things or fo...

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In the context of this thread, boring the brass plate on a lathe face plate is an option if a boring head is not available.

pete, To clarify a little, when using buttons, you usually need a more accurate measuring system to place them than is available on the machine you will be doing the final hole boring on. If your milling machine handwheels aren't accurate enough to get the accuracy needed, you would place the button...

The problem seems to be in the actual measurement of these distances where if measuring a center of an existing small hole some error is inevitable as is in the human eye when measuring. Work from the edge of the hole and know that the center will be half of the diameter from the edge. If you want ...

Just more proof that the metric system is superior to the US system,

Your best chance to make an accurate 8mm hole as far as size , roundness, straightness, and location would be to use a boring head after drilling a hole about 7mm as a start. Reamers do not cut a hole, they only size it and you would usually drill to about .015" under size and then use the reamer to...

For one thing, slide that ball bearing onto your finger and spin it up to about 10,000 rpm and have it seize.

You'll have an unpleasant experience!

I just googles this up.

You might have already found it...

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If you use the box you can use cut up inner tubes to fill it as they will conform to just about anything and give more even pressure on the form.

I've done quite a few parts using 1" thick Buna-N 70 durometer sheet on the bed of a 50 ton press. There are a number of techniques depending on the size and shape of the parts. I used to run a press brake using 2" square polyurethane bar for a lower die and just push the upper die into it. It made ...