The Home Machinist!

Hi; I was wondering whether any of you guys have had any thing to say about a Mitutoyo digal readout system for a Bridgeport. How do you measure to buy one is it the travel or the size of the table on the milling machine. chaz

Hi; I am OK with the 800 pixels I reduce all of mine to that anyway. chaz

Hi;
Thank you guys that's the problem I have been having. Thank you ,Thank you, now if I can just get enough enregy to get back on the problem I will try again.
chaz

Hi; I sure learn a lot from this thread and I think I can learn a lot more, I wish I could contribute a little more.I feel a little gulity about to much recieving and not giving enough .Keep up the good input guys you are helping out an old man enjoy his later years.
chaz

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I can't do it right so I don't do it.
chaz

I was ready to throw away my Kriloskar Western untill I got a bison three jaw I liked it so much after a couple of years I got a six jaw I have loved my lathe ever sence.
chaz

HI;
yOU ARE DOING A GREAT jOB, be like me, keep hinging in there
chaz

Hi; the belts I am refereing to are about 3/4 in wide .it is used on a 5 H/p gas engine that drives a small oiless compressor the belts are supplyed by Beaing Engineering Co. I can get about any size belt I need there.
chaz

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I did not know you could buy hss in rounds , I will have to check that out. Thanks
chaz

For a while, back in the 1980's, you could buy at the tool houses a round with a 1/4 in and 3/16 square hole in it that a 1/4 "and 3/16 HS tool bit fit nicely into all you had to do was drill the proper hole and put a set screw in it and WoLa a boreing bar. I haven't seen one because I bought a...

A couple of years ago I had a tool grinding shop grind an old milling machine cutter to the shape of a belt cog and I used an indexer to cut the cogs it took a little math but it worked out fine the two cog pulleys were for a two to one reduction for a hooka rig to dive with.
chaz

800 is fine by me I don't know how to post a picture anyway.

chaz