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Seems simple till you consider that there are both male and female couplers with auto shutoff features. Not common but available.

http://www.hofmannfluidpower.com/quick_ ... lugstwoway

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Me, I would be tempted to indicate off the inside of the jaws where they contact the part. As long as the two jaws opposite read the same the part is centered between them.

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Larry, are there any Sheldon model years that stand out as superior machines in their product line- particularly 13 or 14" swing models? I see Sheldons up for sale from time to time on CL and am thinking about upgrading to a larger machine. Thanks Glenn P. Glenn I'm no expert on these. I know ...

My pair of Sheldons. One is 10" and one 13". Good machines.

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Photo test of mill..

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I friend of mine runs his whole shop on one VFD and most VFD's are capable of doing that. The VFD is big enough to run at least two motors at a time, and the switches to turn on the machines are at the machines. So he turns on the VFD when he walks into the shop in the morning, and turns it off whe...

In other words, unless you are a "real" machinist, there isn't much a wanabe machinist can contribute. 99% of my posts are for advice. The few times I have contributed, I was corrected and rightly so by a "real" machinist. I found out over the years on forums that asking a quest...

SteveHGraham wrote: In my experience, most wire insulation will melt and fall off before the wire gets hot enough to melt solder, .

If this is your case then your iron is to small. Go to a higher wattage iron and heat faster not allowingthe heat to travel up the wire.


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If I read the problem correctly you are bending rods of varying lengths and want both legs to come out the same length relative to each other. It would seem to me that you would have to place the rod in the bender aligned with a mark that represents the middle of the bend and let the ends fall where...

Have you been on the phone to Wells Index? When working on mine they were most helpful.

701 West Clay Ave.
Muskegon, MI 49440-1064
TEL: (231) 759-0950
FAX: (231) 728-7456
E-MAIL: wellsindex@aol.com

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http://www.republiclocomotive.com/ac_tr ... ction.html

http://www.republiclocomotive.com/tract ... tions.html

Above is the real world calculations. I would expect that they could hold near true for scale locos also.

On the school machine I have, two of the threading gears were worn but the rest were pristine. It was obvious to me that those two threads were the same class project year after year.

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