I dwonloaded two manuals in addtion to the "manual" that came with the saw.
Essentially the same item but differeing advice. Two had me put in "140
weight gear oil", one had me use grease.
Given the state this thing was out of the box I thought I better open up the
gear box and change the oil anyway. The oil was relatively clean. Then I
found that there is no such thing as "140 weight etc." In the end I gave it
a common 80W-90. Worm gears are only GL2 classification and if the oil is
good enough for everything else I am sure it will not kill the saw. In any
case I could not see the saw starting up freely in my cold garage with 140
weight in it.
Nice. Mine is very basic. It does not even lock in the vertical position.
Having said that the first two cuts (one before and one after I tweaked the
guide bearings) were almost identical and within (eyeball!) 0.010" on a 1.25
round mild steel. I cannot see wanting more accuracy than that. In any case
the accuracy will be limited by the vise which will need sorting out in good
time.
I added extra holes to the fixed vise jaw to move it closer to the
blade for sawing small pieces.
Thanks.
He can write and direct a scene that's a gem of perfection, with
dialog and acting worthy of Tennessee Williams, but rarely can he
extend it to the whole episode. He writes for literate theatre/film
buffs who also understand science, and quite a bit of the humor goes
over the heads of a mass audience, like " ..makes Godot seem
punctual". I had to explain to the rest of the internet fans that the
time-stopping experiment on "Angel" was a Bose-Einstein condensate.
For a while Fox here ran Buffy and MASH reruns back to back, making it
easy to see how similar their best moments were, also that MASH was
forgettably weak at times too.
John Locke's current incarnation on "Lost" is straight from Buffy,
where the "First Evil", assumed but never stated to be the devil, can
take the form of a dead person and tries to recruit followers or
subvert opponents by telling them whatever they want to hear.
jsw
Flanged spindles aren't all that bad, to be the one reason to choose a
different lathe with a threaded spindle, unless the threaded feature was
critically important.
Fabricating chuck adapter plates is just one of those things that lathe
users do when required, for flanged or threaded spindles.
A chuck won't come unthreaded from a flange while running the lathe in
reverse, but it happens with threaded spindles once in a while (usually only
once to some operators).
Another collet option ocurred to me (I'm slow).. ER collets could be used if
one were to make an adapter/collet chuck to mount to the spindle flange.
The overall length of the ER adapter/chuck would subtract from the
center-to-center spec of the lathe.
The amount of the extention away from the spindle nose bearing would depend
on the holder design and the length of the collets.
The holder and ER collets would allow long stock to pass thru the headsock.
Backplates are simply interchangeable flange mounts. Threads aren't
superior, just easier to cut at home than tapers.
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center an ER extension chuck in the 4-jaw.
I wrote "John Locke's current incarnation on "Lost" is straight from
Buffy" and then saw this:
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It's fair, Whedon lifted plot and character ideas freely and blatantly
from Star Trek, X-Files, Kubrick and Alien(s), which he helped write.
Don't tell the lawyers, I think Buffy was his version of Ellen Ripley,
a character who well deserved extended development in a TV series. He
swapped magic for the tech and demons for space aliens, but used them
in all the same ways, including a self-aware creation like Moriarty,
an ex-demon girl as clueless about humanity as Data, 3 goofy geeks
(clone gunmen), and Quark as the high school principal. "Spike" in the
article above is a vampire Alex from A Clockwork Orange.
jsw
Also a jack screw might be in order. And maybe drill and tap the table to
cut small flat pieces.
I suffered through the first series of Lost and doubt I shall ever see the
rest of them.
Funny story how I came to watch Buffy: An ex-banger who now teaches
self-defense mentioned he liked the Buffy series. I was intrigued why a
person of his pedigree would like such a program. Turns out he really liked
the English stunt girl who did SMG's work in the middle series (before she
married the stunt coordinator). Indeed she was brilliant. In the process of
watching it I realized that this was an extraordinarily well written and
acted series and became an addict. Angel and Serenity followed. I am sorry
they screwed around with the Serenity.
I hope he rebounds from the "Dollhouse". There is being intelligent and then
there is being self-indulgent. Dushku did not help...
The LMS ER-32 collet chuck at $200 is a fairly expensive accessory for a 7x
mini-lathe, especially when a collet set is somewhat costly. But it does
include a wrench.
But a chuck like that would be a good project and a handy accessory for a
lathe with a spindle flange.
The LMS chuck looks like it's aluminum, the weight shown is 2.43 lbs
(although ya can never tell what given weighs are, actual part weight or
shipping weight).
The lathe model that Michael referred to earlier, had a MT4 taper and a 1"
bore (5" flange), whereas the 7x mini has a MT3 and a 3/4" bore (with a 3"
flange).
There are MT3 shank to ER chucks, so maybe there are also MT4 to ER, but
they wouldn't have the stock pass-thru capability.
I'm not familiar with ER series collet overall sizes or capacities, but I
was looking at C3 collets a while ago, which can be used with a MT3 spindle
taper by adding a fairly inexpensive (~$35) adapter (and fabricating a
drawtube, or LMS sells drawtubes).
I suppose that if one were inclined, a MT3 to C3 adaper could be made from a
large endmill holder (cut down, bore thru). The same plan could work for
fabricating an ER chuck on a MT taper, maybe.
The 7x mini I bought a while ago, and the 9x20 I've had for several years,
both have MT3 spindle tapers.
I do have a 10-piece set of MT3 collets, but C3s are a self-releasing type,
which I would prefer.
Your perception into details of shows is somewhat astounding to me. I don't
watch many TV shows because there aren't many good ones.
The last series that I really enjoyed was X-Files, and Lost intrigued me at
first, but I haven't watched it since season 2.
The creator of X-Files said his enjoyment of the old series Night Stalker,
in part, led to the creation of X-Files.
I have a MT4 ER collet chuck for my lathe and a holder for my mill.
Pass through is limited to the vendor and strength. Neither one is a pass
through, but I suspect the holder is stronger best.
Martin
Wild_Bill wrote:
Get good 3 and 4 jaw chucks and use the lathe, collets are nice and
convenient but not necessary.
...
Not mine so much, I read reviews partly to analyse and learn the
writer's style. I used to work part-time on film and theatre crews and
thus notice details of acting, directing, sets, props and lighting.
Whedon's DVD commentaries are nearly a master class in the art of film
making.
This is the stunt woman:
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suffered through a few minutes of Power Rangers to see their
superhuman gymnastic abilities.
Whedon allowed the backstage crew to communicate with fans on the
Internet as long as they didn't discuss plots, and the unaccustomed
fame they received went to a few heads including hers and Jeff
Pruitt's. OTOH the writers were fascinating and soon grabbed the fans'
attention.
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's the grandson of the rocket Goddard and well educated in science,
which he writes into "Lost". "Minions" are his fan base.
jsw
Not me, by then I was building expensive toys for the Air Force to
play with. I worked for a student filmmaker in the 60's and a USO and
then community theatre group in the 70's, all part time. I ran the
projector for the classes the filmmaker taught and learned a lot.
We had our own imitation of Warhol's "factory" in the off-campus
hippie village for a while, but I got no nearer to the craziness than
holding the lights during filming. The talented hotties have all the
fun with each other, the crew only gets to watch. All this while
studying for a Chemistry degree. The only course I couldn't pass was
technical writing, which is why I practice here.
In addition to Joss Whedon I'd like to see Brian Fuller and Baz
Luhrmann succeed with a mass audience. You'll never look at Michael
from Lost the same way again after seeing how Luhrmann had him play
Romeo's friend Mercutio IN DRAG. Don't watch it if guns offend you.
The two families were like rival crime syndicates, better armed than
Mad Max, and even Juliet packed a Walther.
jsw
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