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[Paul Alciatore]

I have made a lot of panel labels, usually printing on paper and then covering with clear, laminating sheets. If you look into professional front panel...

[Paul Alciatore]

You did not say how many flutes those reamers have. Reamers with an odd number of flutes WILL measure under size across two of those flutes.
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[Paul Alciatore]

Yes, there are other things that should be correct before you shim or scrape the column. I said that above. But, if you do not move the head up or down...

[Paul Alciatore]

I believe I gave the easiest way to "calculate" the thickness of the shims in post #8, above. I can do math, up to and including calculus, but...

[Paul Alciatore]

Compared to just adding shims, that would be at lease 100 times more work.

But, whatever floats your boat....

[Paul Alciatore]

Great project! Thanks for sharing.

That machine, with the so easily removable positioning unit, is just begging to become a multipurpose...

[Paul Alciatore]

We have seen so many examples of broken vises. Wouldn't that feature make the vise weaker?

Like all my purchases and particularly my shop...

[Paul Alciatore]

The procedure I described above only makes the quill axis (not the column) perpendicular to the top of the table. It is only one step in truing a mill....

[Paul Alciatore]

When I shimmed a round column mill I only loosened the four bolts enough to get a putty knife under the four corners when I rocked the column one way...

[Paul Alciatore]

Sometimes it is hard to understand what you actually mean. I might infer from the Blakes both wiggling while the import does not, that the Blakes are...

[Paul Alciatore]

Yes, that is a good point. It also applies to the swinging arm style of DTIs. In both cases the dial may be reading in tenths but, with a long arm, that...

[Paul Alciatore]

Buy jar with a lid that seals well. Or just use the one the alcohol came in.

Punch hole in cover.

Run wire through hole....

[Paul Alciatore]

Or just make a dedicated arm.

To tram many mills in the fore-aft direction you scrape away the putty that hides the joint and loosen the...

[Paul Alciatore]

Crickets!

I have already said it.

[Paul Alciatore]

So when you are adjusting something, you always guess correctly the first time and no trial and error are needed. In that case, you don't need any kind...

[Paul Alciatore]

I don't have one and have not used one, but a question just struck me.

Is it possible to use one for tramming a milling machine head square...

[Paul Alciatore]

As for another threading dial belonging to a lathe, there are only two factors to consider. First, does the gear on it match your lead screw? The criteria...

[Paul Alciatore]

This appears to explain why the gear is needed for threading and not just a desirable item for the threading dial. And it helps to explain the wear, which...

[Paul Alciatore]

Some time ago I wanted to make and sell some change gears for the SB-9. So I started to plan the machining steps I had to take to make the gears and other...

[Paul Alciatore]

Pity is, I seem to have missed the fourth and fifth steps.