It happens - sometimes things get mis-marked:
Both USA made taps clearly labeled as 1/4-20
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- Thu Feb 09, 2017 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Tap markings
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3894
- Wed Feb 08, 2017 10:41 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Safe to Grind Tungsten on Bench Grinder?
- Replies: 90
- Views: 20970
Re: Safe to Grind Tungsten on Bench Grinder?
I am planning to use a belt grinder, but I wondered. Eh? I'm under the impression you can grind or at least try to grind any goddamn thing on a belt sander/grinder without the safety concerns of a wheel blowing up as with aluminum loading on a regular grinder. Tungsten makes nice bright white spark...
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New vise
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4420
Re: New vise
Thanks! - Yeah, the warranty was a couple months out.seal killer wrote:Frank--
I liked your fix!
Was the Grizzly vise just out of warranty?
--Bill
- Wed Feb 01, 2017 11:55 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New vise
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4420
Just don't lean on it too hard!
The casting on my "green bear" vise broke when I tightened the handle too much - no cheater bar, just my 160 lb. self. Here's the story on how I fixed it, after Grizzly turned me down for replacement on the year-old unit: http://www.frets.com/HomeShopTech/Projects/ViseRepair/viserepair.html
- Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cutting aluminum on a band saw
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8743
Re: Cutting aluminum on a band saw
I've been using old candles for lubricating cuts in aluminum for decades, and never have a problem with chip welding. If I forget the candle, chips glue themselves right in the tooth gullets, you betcha, Red Ryder. . .
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cutting aluminum on a band saw
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8743
Re: Cutting aluminum on a band saw
Mine is also setup with riser block for wood resawing. Mostly I'm using skip or hook tooth, 4 to 6 teeth, 1/2" wide. I got close to 40 years out of the original tires, and switched to urethane ones after my other 14" metal cutting Delta (made in 1943) had its original tires start to slip a...
- Wed Jan 18, 2017 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cutting aluminum on a band saw
- Replies: 20
- Views: 8743
Re: Cutting aluminum on a band saw
I've been cutting aluminum for decades on my 14" Delta vertical wood cutting saw without incident. Switched to urethane tires some ten years ago and while they do get chips stuck on 'em, I've yet to see any downside.
- Fri Jan 13, 2017 8:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Best way to turn a 1/2" radius in a corner
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4301
Re: Best way to turn a 1/2" radius in a corner
To avoid chatter with a radius form tool, I find it useful to approach the corner radius slowly, taking shallow cuts, alternately feeding the tool in from x-axis and z-axis, so the tool cuts a little at a time on each edge before it's finished.
- Sat Jan 07, 2017 4:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: boring hdpe
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2559
Re: boring hdpe
Those high positive polished inserts work very well on polyethylene. I use 'em for HDPE, UHMWPE, LDPE. I find it really beneficial to play with the speed control to get the best finish - turning slower often gets me what I want. And, I agree, the tip radius hasn't been all that significant for the s...
- Sat Dec 24, 2016 9:02 pm
- Forum: The Junk Drawer
- Topic: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7667
Re: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
And, to you all, Happy Christmas! Here are a couple of inspirational Christmas videos from the gang at my shop: Hauntingly sentimental, with Enid on nyckelharpa and Tom on guitar: Silent Night - YouTube Bn_fXYGWkvs Goofy fun, featuring the bass banjo I msde this year: "Banjo Bells" aka &qu...
- Fri Dec 23, 2016 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Today's Craigslist Oddity: the Cutawl
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12549
Re: Today's Craigslist Oddity: the Cutawl
Well that plan worked - thanks a bleepin' lot, pal. (nyuk, nyuk)SteveHGraham wrote:I'm buying it just to annoy all of you.
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 4:30 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Today's Craigslist Oddity: the Cutawl
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12549
Re: Today's Craigslist Oddity: the Cutawl
A very cool and desirable machine - a solid professional version of the saber saw! I want one. . .