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[wierdscience]

Very doable, those shells are large enough they could also be sectioned up on a bandsaw and yield some good sized bar stock like pieces....

[wierdscience]

No, metric roller chain, with the exception of the 5,6&8 mm pitches, is actually inch dimension British roller chain with metric units applied-...

[wierdscience]

More than likely Bronze, possibly Phosphor Bronze-

https://morganbronze.com/wp-content/...hor_bronze.pdf...

[wierdscience]

Tig brazing with silicon bronze filler also works surprisingly well for joining galvanized sheet.

[wierdscience]

Those are some nice mills, I have a 2H K&T with a vertical head, basically the same machine, your's is just bigger. Have you checked to see if your...

[wierdscience]

How are you liking the new lathe?

[wierdscience]

That's the theory, in practice it's a place to pile junk. I would much prefer a truck with bedside toolboxes and a 4x8 ft box....

[wierdscience]

Insert designation chart-

http://www.carbidedepot.com/formulas-insert-d.htm

[wierdscience]

Rotary flow divider is what you want, here's a link explaining their function-

https://www.womackmachine.com/engine...flow-dividers/
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[wierdscience]

Put it together and sweep everything with an indicator to see what is what first. If you can live with it, then do so, if not, pretty the machine up,...

[wierdscience]

That's something I have always wondered, why doesn't somebody forge the blanks out of A-36 structural and sell them? Might be some good side money to...

[wierdscience]

Nah, this is just sedate relaxing mill work, no need to hurry....

[wierdscience]

That's the safe bet and one I use frequently unless the shaft is worn down too small and needs a build up with weld. I generally shrink fit them on and...

[wierdscience]

Mill dovetail in full length bar.
Rough cut into holder length chunks, plus cleanup tolerance.
Mount tool post in mill
Drop tool holder...

[wierdscience]

I have to agree, the only difficult thing to acquire is patience, it's tedious more than anything.

[wierdscience]

I love radial drills, best thing since sliced bread and the only option before mag based slugger drills came along.Great for drilling and reaming out...

[wierdscience]

Built a bunch of shelves in a sea container I bought for storage. Had 1 2x8 ft piece of wafer board left over, so decided a fold up work table might be...

[wierdscience]

Grinding and scraping, I don't think one is better than the other. I think they do go hand in and and compliment each other. Look at the average lathe...

[wierdscience]

Super Met-Al markers, the best I have found-

https://www.kbctools.com/itemdetail/...ode=1-124-1324

[wierdscience]

I bought that same brand in 12 and 24". I use an 8" pair of Mitutoyo digitals as my main set, but needed a couple larger ones for over sized...