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Centering Indicators

I'm considering centering Indicators. There are basically two choices, the $210 original made by Blake, and the $80 no-...
10 comments posted 19yrs
posted by joegwinn
10 comments posted 19yrs posted by joegwinn

Rubber for belt grinder drive wheel?

I have an older Rockwell/Delta 1" x42" belt grinder and sander. The 1/8" rubber that was on the 3.5" diameter plastic d...
21 comments posted 19yrs
posted by mlcorson
21 comments posted 19yrs posted by mlcorson

hex socket screws

Hi alll Are hex socket (Bristol?) cap screws suppossed to need either washers or, holes for them must always be chamfer...
7 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ceramosb
7 comments posted 19yrs posted by ceramosb

Shimming a BXA tool holder to fit a AXA post

In my pile of tool holders that came home with my recently aquired lathe, I found a couple of bxa's. I'll leave out how...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by clutch
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by clutch

Need help with Mitsubishi VFD

I'm in UK and have just purchased a (second hand) Mitsubishi E500 VFD (specifically the E520S) from eBay. I've wired it...
2 comments posted 19yrs
posted by binswood
2 comments posted 19yrs posted by binswood

Inverted tapered Endmills?

Awl-- Tapered endmills can be had in quite a variety of angles, but dovetails are more limited. Are there inverted tape...
8 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
8 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

FA Goldsmiths Handbook manual 1936

The Goldsmith's Handbook containing full instructions for the alloying & working of gold. by George E Gee 1936 VGC 263...
0 comments posted 19yrs
posted by janey1williams
0 comments posted 19yrs posted by janey1williams

Small job-shop contract with (actual) money

But not much. I have an ongoing small job-shop project, if you wish to quote on it. My prior vendor just "vanished" (re...
16 comments posted 19yrs
posted by lloydsp
16 comments posted 19yrs posted by lloydsp

Measuring the diameter of 3-flute/sided tooll

Awl-- Iny trad'l methods? idears? Here's my 2c: A triangular insert is circumscribed by a circle whose diameter is 1.15...
20 comments posted 19yrs
posted by entropic3.14decay
20 comments posted 19yrs posted by entropic3.14decay

Robertson screws

Does anyone have a reference that specifies the actual dimensions of the square recess in a Robertson screw for the comm...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by johnh
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by johnh

OT: Production manager problems

I'm wondering the legal implication. My Production manager, a 51 yo widowed female had moved in one of the guys reporti...
9 comments posted 19yrs
posted by tom(nospam)
9 comments posted 19yrs posted by tom(nospam)

OT: Good News

I just thought I'd share some good news with the group. My father just called. He's 87 and in Methodist Hospital in Hou...
13 comments posted 19yrs
posted by keillorp135
13 comments posted 19yrs posted by keillorp135

Oddball endmill : What is it?

A friend gave me a box of about 25 strange HSS cutters which I can only describe as single flute endmills, or maybe the...
1 comments posted 19yrs
posted by ROBRIAN1
1 comments posted 19yrs posted by ROBRIAN1

painting inside of square steel tube

I'm building (slowly, due to lots of travel interruptions) a small gantry. The legs are made from 4" square steel tube....
47 comments posted 19yrs
posted by grant
47 comments posted 19yrs posted by grant