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- Wed Feb 07, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1961
Re: Left handed lathe, for lack of a better name
Us lefties wish there were more tools built for us... Yeah, it would be nice if there was such a thing as a good-quality, left-handed micrometer. The Roman Catholics tried to beat the lefty-ism out of me, but weren’t entirely successful. :D :evil: I was young enough when exposed to them to learn ...
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 3:45 am
- Forum: Home Shop CNC & 3D Printing
- Topic: Aquarium Air Pump for chip clearing?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 79113
Re: Aquarium Air Pump for chip clearing?
I don’t use air to clear chips while cutting. It’s darn near impossible to get them to go where you want them to land. I do use a hand-held blowgun to clear chips after stopping the machine. Been doing that for as long as I’ve been making chips, which is about 65 years. Yikes! Is it that long???...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 6:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Timing belts
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1173
Re: Timing belts
Unfortunately, designing a reliable timing belt drive is not a simple engineering exercise. In another life, I did such design work and can attest that there are quite a few variables to be considered. Also, timing belts are best used in moderate torque, elevated RPM situations. Low RPM and high ...
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: Headlights for Diesels
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1099
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Drilling holes in brass, should I pilot hole?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1551
Re: Drilling holes in brass, should I pilot hole?
Here is an image of a twist drill dulled for cutting brass/copper alloys. I use a diamond file to carefully dull both edges. The drill might squeal some during cutting, but I know it is drilling correctly. I don’t do much work with brass, but when I drill it, I usually use a little WD-40 to get rid...
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:45 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: I am a human electric cell
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1482
Re: I am a human electric cell
I have never licked anything that is electrically energized. I value my taste buds. They are some of the few parts of my aged body that are still functional.
- Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:42 am
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Boiler welding advice.
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2107
Re: Boiler welding advice.
I understand MIG is not an option. The problem is not in the process. A skilled weldor can produce sound welds on pressure vessels using almost any process. Properly-made welds using the GMAW (MIG) process are as strong as welds produced by other processes. Note that most ASME-rated air compresso...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 3:46 pm
- Forum: Milling Machines
- Topic: Atlas MF-B Horizontal Mill musings
- Replies: 1
- Views: 563
Re: Atlas MF-B Horizontal Mill musings
Any photos?
- Wed Jan 17, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: Riding Scale Railroading
- Topic: International Brotherhood of Livesteamers site - wheels and common components
- Replies: 9
- Views: 43239
Re: International Brotherhood of Livesteamers site - wheels and common components
I am opposed to using Github for this sort of thing. Github is a confusing mess and I can never find anything on it.
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Must be bad weather ouitside
- Replies: 15
- Views: 40423
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Must be bad weather ouitside
- Replies: 15
- Views: 40423
Re: Must be bad weather ouitside
The “atomic” clock in our family area says it’s -11° F right now, and it’s 11:07 PM as I write this. Supposedly, temps will go down at least another five degrees before the night is over. Cold weather didn’t used to bother me...until I got old.
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Must be bad weather ouitside
- Replies: 15
- Views: 40423
Re: Must be bad weather ouitside
Blame it on global warming.