Guys,
I'm sure I saw somewhere some small collars for fitting around dril shanks to give a positive stop when drilling blind holes. I canno however find them in any of the usual suppliers websites (nor can remember the correct name for them). Does anyone know where I can get set?
One other thing I noticed during my recent machining project was ho difficult it seemed to put an M6 thread on my 303 stainless stee shaft. I was using a tailstock die holder, but had to turn down th shaft a bit before I could get any kind of thread on the thing. I hav ended up with something useable, but it has flat tops to the thread Looks terrible. O.K. I admit I am using an old workshop set of carbo steel dies, but have never had much trouble threading other things. really need to get a decent set of taps and dies...any reccomendations
Also, my lathe is Imperial, but it seems difficult to easily get an imperial nuts and bolts these days. Do you guys use metric fastener now, or what? What I am getting at, is should I be buying metric tool (reamers, mills,etc.)? I have just ordered a set of Dormer coate drills 1-6mm in 0.1 increments, and a set of Presto 6-10mm in 0. increments (as reccomended on this forum some time ago by the way) That range should cover both imperial and metric holes I will need t an acceptable accuracy.
Cheers,
Garth
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