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- Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Heat required for press fit?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 7858
Re: Heat required for press fit?
what do you guys mean by "soak time?"
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tooling Chest
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5882
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:38 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tooling Chest
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5882
- Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tooling Chest
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5882
When I was an apprentice toolmaker someone told me that cleanup is never a waste of time. When you get to a point where you cannot find things in the shop is an indication it is time to clean up. I rather enjoy cleaning up for two reasons. First, the shop looks better an is more efficient to work t...
- Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:29 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Centering Round Stock on a Mill
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9772
Why is that any better than using the edge of the round object? Just use the edge finder on either side of the object in one axis, and as long as you're pretty close to the centerline (even 15* or so), the 2 edges should be the same distance from the center so just follow the same procedure that you...
- Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drillpress Milling Question
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9401
Its like a better hammer for the Blacksmith, thats why he collects so many... Better still a great big power hammer... (and perfect for this example, a lot like going from drill press to Bridgeport Mill) Yep Dave, I'm not suggesting that this is the right thing to do, as a matter of fact, I think I...
- Fri Apr 03, 2009 10:59 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drillpress Milling Question
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9401
- Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:10 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drillpress Milling Question
- Replies: 27
- Views: 9401
You know, I'm going to be the one that goes against the grain. I got by for quite a while with a floor standing delta drill press and a cheap, harbor freight cross slide table. I used all sorts of things to cut with, router bits, rotozip bits, assorted flycutters... I mostly stayed away from actual ...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tooling Chest
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5882
Tooling Chest
I'm looking for ideas for something to use to store/organize the bulk of the tooling for my bridgeport. It sits up against the inside of my garage door, and I'd like something to put between bridgport table and the back of the base (my garage floor has a ridge behind the door which the base of the b...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accurate Boring Bar Setup
- Replies: 7
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Are you using a boring head with a graduated adjustment or just a bar with a transverse tool bit held with a set screw similar to a fly cutter? Yes :wink: It's a boring head that has set screws to hold the boring bar like a flycutter but the head has a graduated screw adjustment that moves the part...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:49 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accurate Boring Bar Setup
- Replies: 7
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One thing that I have done before to setup the diameter on a flycutter is to use an edge finder to find the stationary jaw of my vise, 0 the DRO, put the flycutter in the mill and move the table till the Y on the DRO reads whatever I want the flycutter's radius to be, loosen the bit in the flycutter...
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 1:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accurate Boring Bar Setup
- Replies: 7
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Sounds like you're about where I'm at with this. I was hoping that someone had a cleaver trick, even a good way to get the radius setup fairly accurately on a first try. To add some details, yes, the boring head is setup on an R8, so at least I have that going for me, but the bore that I'm machining...