First there were two screws missing from the die retaining plate, and the two screws that were there were pretty nasty. I made four new ones from 4140 pre hard steel after picking up the angles, etc. by viewing the old screws on the Comparator. They appear to be .147"-40 tpi CEI thread, but I'm not real sure about that, as I made them .152"-40.
It came with a 1" non adjustable shank, which works fine in a tool holder on my lathe carriage, but I prefer to use it with my turret, which accepts 3/4" shank tooling. A new 3/4" adjustable shank was made from some 3" 4140 pre hard bar that I already had. (I still have the craters burned in my hands from roughing
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The holes were duplicated using the radial and distance method, and the flat machined.
New knurled adjusters and three new mounting bolts were made from 4140 pre-hard as well. The bolts were a bit odd as well, as they were .243"-28 tpi. Verified using thread wires and the Comparator to be sure. Standard 1/4"-28 would not screw in.
All cleaned up, oiled, and ready to go to work!
I guess this is why we have machines!
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