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- Sat Mar 30, 2013 2:59 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Your Mill as a Key Cutting Machine
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27097
Re: Your Mill as a Key Cutting Machine
My scan on Schlage vs Kwikset: Schlage is, or used to be, a tighter tolerance lock, and harder to pick. It has more, finer gradations of pin depths, and requires tighter tolerances for the key. A better lock to use when you need master, sub, and change keys. Kwikset is a looser tolerance lock, with ...
- Sat Mar 23, 2013 9:28 am
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Your Mill as a Key Cutting Machine
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27097
Re: Your Mill as a Key Cutting Machine
I would like to see a mill converted to a key duplication machine, that would be interesting. Never seen a lathe converted, but as you say, that's what a key duplication machine is, a small lathe. To duplicate a key with this setup, you'd first have to mic the existing key and then use those measure...
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:36 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Increase speed on SX3 (Grizz 0619)?
- Replies: 4
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Re: Increase speed on SX3 (Grizz 0619)?
There's also the option of clamping a high speed motor into the quill, offset at some convenient interval in the X axis. I've toyed with fitting a trim router in there...
- Fri Mar 22, 2013 11:14 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Your Mill as a Key Cutting Machine
- Replies: 15
- Views: 27097
Your Mill as a Key Cutting Machine
Hello all, long time no post. I’ve discovered a neat trick for my small mill and thought I’d share. It makes a dandy key cutting machine. Recently, I work for a real estate company that rents properties. When a tenant moves out, the locks must be changed right away. We use Schlage locks on our prope...
- Sat May 22, 2010 10:40 am
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Shopping for 6" Rotary Table...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8517
Re: Shopping for 6" Rotary Table...
Well, I may have to get the Griz 6" model, it's currently on sale for $230.
- Thu May 06, 2010 8:45 am
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: "This Old Mill"
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4749
Re: "This Old Mill"
How cool is that! Wow, what a treat. Thanks for sharing. Makes me wonder if my Grandfather's old belt-driven Barnes lathe is rehabbabe (is that a word?)
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:37 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Derusting Benchmaster Mill
- Replies: 15
- Views: 6119
Re: Derusting Benchmaster Mill
+ another one for Evapo Rust. It's not an acid based remover so it doesn't etch into metal, no matter how long you leave it exposed. I've forgotten tools in ER and pulled them out weeks later with no damage. Get a gallon at HF with a 20% coupon and you're out $16 or so. I've been reusing the first g...
- Sat Apr 24, 2010 10:26 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Shopping for 6" Rotary Table...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8517
Re: Shopping for 6" Rotary Table...
No guidance?
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 8:20 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: A Small Mill: My Sieg X3 Saga
- Replies: 101
- Views: 84008
Re: A Small Mill: My Sieg X3 Saga
@ HV, you were right. A half turn ccw and the head now lowers smoothly (yes, lubed with Vactra 2). Thanks. I really need to take off the head and look at that gib. Have been putting that off, but I've read from enough users who say it's a problem area, I dare not ignore it too long. @ Stove: That ha...
- Tue Apr 20, 2010 7:42 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Shopping for 6" Rotary Table...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8517
Shopping for 6" Rotary Table...
I'm considering a Griz 6" rotary table H7527 for my X3 mill, since I have $100 of credit at Amazon. Seems the H7527 offers a lot of accessories for the money (sub $300). But is it any good? I've also been playing with the idea of the Phase II 6" Rotary Table. On sale without the extra good...
- Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:40 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: A Small Mill: My Sieg X3 Saga
- Replies: 101
- Views: 84008
Re: A Small Mill: My Sieg X3 Saga
Back at it. I've happily used the machine for several small projects, but it's time to get back to getting the machine in better shape. I could use some advice at this point. Here are my issues: (1) Ever since I got the column within .001 for left/right, I have ignored the fore/aft measurements, jus...
- Thu Apr 08, 2010 9:26 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: New Project Brought Home Today
- Replies: 67
- Views: 21476