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Tapping hole in brass question
Hope someone can settle an argument: The part is a 1" long x 3/8" OD x 3/16" ID brass bushing that needs a 6-32 set screw. Tap drill goes all the way through both walls for convenience. Hand tap with...
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Clausing 5914 Questions
I'm going to look at a Clausing 5914 being sold by a welding shop that is closing at yearend, and I'm looking for a list of issues to be aware of. The seller is an electrician and makes no claim to be...
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Chips in the chuck
The scroll and jaws of the 3-jaw lathe chuck tend to get jammed with chips and require a rather tedious cleaning every few hours of use. Is there some trick to keeping the chips out?
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Machinery FS in Oklahoma City
I'm trying to make some space and need to sell some machines that are duplicated. Emco Meier Maximat Standard Lathe (~9.5 X 28) with the vertical mill attachment (#2 Morse taper), 3 and 4-jaw chucks,...
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DXF files
Perhaps the bend lines are on a layer that's not turned on or otherwise not visible in the viewer. The DXF is just a (huge) text file, and the format is public. With a little poking you should be able...
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Clausing cross slide
I brought home a Clausing 1300 lathe (13" x 36") that has a somewhat peculiar cross slide. There is a main cross slide, with the normal power cross feed, but instead of a normal compound on top, the...
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Nylon set screw in Al
Hello all, I am getting close to drilling the radial set screw holes we discussed. The goal is to grab a $25k instrument for an experimental setup. To start, I have a unit that fell off the assembly...
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Larry Jaques -- pix of McMaster winch
Harbor Freight Truck Crane
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here's an interesting design for a bandsaw blade guide
ran across this thing in a friend's garage, took a while to do some research, but if you follow the link below to the ebay auction, I have a link there to the relevant patent (you need to have the...
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making babbitt question
Uncle is restoring a corn shucker for his cousin. The thing has babbitt bearings and he is a bit short of enough metal to re-babbitt it. I figured he could take some tin (we have about 5# between us)...
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Tube swaing question
I've been away from the craft for way too long. Have a chance to play in a new project that will involve swaging one inch tubing - starting with prototypes, of course, then hopefully moving to high...
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pre and post heat treatment for TIG welding
I've heard a number of experienced welders say that a TIG welded joint requires post heat treatment and recommend an OA torch to bring the joint up to a dull red and hold it for less than a minute and...
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tire buffer?
A guy is parking his 1-ton flatbed dump truck at my house for a bit while he gets his affairs in order. He gave me a "bunch of junk" lying around in the cab & underbody boxes. In there was an old I-R...
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Submit Your Tip! - $250 Award - "Machine Shop Trade Secrets"
I thought members of the designing/machining community might be interested in hearing about the $250 "Machine Shop Trade Secrets" Award presented by ProShop Publishing ... are currently accepting user...
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OT: Database application
Alpha Five. I've been using it to reproduce and improve a bill of materials/purchasing app I built in a DOS database many years ago. I got more done in the first day with Alpha Five than I did...
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