Great stuff, Timesaver lapping abrasive. "Guaranteed not to continue to cut". This week I had two instances to use it. The first was when I tried to thread new nuts onto the shaft of an old (probably 1940s vintage) Baldor grinder. The new nuts would not fit. I measured the pitch diameter of the 1/2-13 threads and they were oversize. The nuts that came with the ancient grinder were larger than normal 1/2-13 across the flats. .937 while normal 1/2-13 nuts are .750 across the flats. The nut threads were also quite oversized because the fit was quite loose on the grinder shaft. So I mixed some of the Timesaver stuff with a little oil and lapped the new nuts to the threads. Only took about 15 minutes to get a nice fit. Then today working on a DoAll vertical bandsaw that had been converted from a band filer I ran into a problem. The bar that holds the blade guides and slides up and down would not slide easily. The guide for it, when bolted tight to the saw, would warp slightly. So I used the same stuff I mixed earlier and lapped the pieces together. Now the bar slides easily and smoothly without being sloppy. I love the Timesaver Lapping abrasives. They don't imbed, break down fast into a finer abrasive, and eventually stop cutting. Good stuff Maynard. Eric
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7 years ago