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Spindle Bearings for Clausing 5914?
Someone emailed me and asked for the spindle bearing numbers....which I cant find. Anyone know what they are supposed to be? Thanks Gunner One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing...
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Zenni again
I just got my new zenni order, and once again, they did great, for cheap. Threee pairs of glasses (two progressive and one single-vision) for $102.45 including shipping. Last time I bought locally, I...
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Soluble v straight cutting oil in low humidity
Hi All, I live in the AZ High Desert and it is very low humidity (a bit high at 31% at the moment) all year round. I have to replenish the water/ oil mix regularly as the water evaporates out pretty...
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Plasma cutter for cast iron?
Habitat has a HUGE steam heat boiler that needs to be cut into smaller pieces. A gas torch is out - the manager is a cautious one. Is there anything different about using a plasma cutter on cast iron?...
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OT-The war is lost
Reporting from Oakland - Oakland's City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance that could make it the first city in the state to permit industrial marijuana production, a path-breaking decision that...
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OT: knots
I like to practice knots. My reference for knice knots is Ashley's Book of Knots, which I learned of thanks to Ted Edwards on this group years ago. I much prefer rigging with rope to screwing around...
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Wired Z axis servo drive
hopefully encoder tomorrow
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Thanks to all who talked me out of repairing the Heidenhain controller
I would not even know what I was missing. Thanks to all
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O-1
I have been doing a bit of reading, and of course looking for some pieces of O-1 since my thoughts on punching out aluminum. One of the things I've noticed is the stuff seems to be hard to find...
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For you military people
My sister is obtaining copies of my late father's military medals, he was in the USAC before it was the USAF. They were distinguished service medals and crosses. The copies of his records survived the...
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13 years ago
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Perl script to make an encoder mounting plate
I am making the encoder mounting plates, on my manual mill, However, if I had a CNC mill, it would be easier. I was writing perl scripts to generate G codes, making some "building block" functions...
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Figured out screw pitch
Last night, after messing for 30 minutes with a caliper, issuing commands, etc I have figured out that the screw pitch of the ballscrews, is 2.5mm. I thought originally that it was 10 TPI. So the...
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New virus targets industry
IDG News Service - Siemens is warning customers of a new and highly sophisticated virus that targets the computers used to manage large-scale industrial control systems used by manufacturing and...
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The mill has homing switches on all axes
I wired all limit switches and verified behavior of every limit switch and every estop button. Now both estop buttons work. Also all five limit switches work. I have also discovered something nice:...
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Anvil for sale on cl
Got to love those craigslist ads http://albany.craigslist.org/grd/1851983370.html
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