Speed Tiger End Mills?

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I've been saying for years, somebody up there needs to start a black market tool smuggling operation....

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Yep...

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The plate could have came from anywhere, but we did make and still do make, some real garbage as far as dimension and finish. I would not be surprised...

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Looking good, now just 20 or so more to go and you'll only be one short.

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I find the key to these sort of activities is, don't ask permission....

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https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Machin...c64372fa-c41c-...

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Found these on Amazon and tried them, made in Taiwan ,so far I'm happy. 165 inches of .160" deep x .250" groove in 1018 and the endmill just...

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That's DC's "We don't know what it is, so we pulled this price out our butt" pricing.

I once bought an Accurite Vue DRO from them...

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In the video you can hear the cords shear in the belt....

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It's just basking in the warm glow of the flaming wreckage, that was once a great company/service destroyed by stupidity....

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I got the threat e-mail awhile back and ignored it. I had a couple pics on there that I didn't have backups for, but it wasn't even worth logging in for....

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With all our modern tools and technology, I still think the old heads were smarter.

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Thought this was interesting-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RiYXI1Tfu4

Simplicity has an elegance all it's own.

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From the same people that made this a sport

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6QzM4aFjjg

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Drat! My sooper secret identity is out lol. Ya, I keep the Youtube thing low key, since my channel is still in the sucks horribly phase.

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They list them, but don't list a distributor that has them. https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/p/dc/v000343531/ Maybe one of the bigger abrasive houses could...

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Probably the same state that took away plastic straws wrapped in paper and replaced them with paper straws wrapped in plastic. Such progress :rolleye...

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McMaster carries AO belts in 1x60 and I just recently found them in MSC in ceramic. From MSC they were $4ish each, but a 12 belt minimum. Right now it's...

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Video of it running using a ceramic 80 grit belt, I like the ceramic belts a lot, but now I need to add a spark arrester and dust collection.
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This is one I built out of mostly junk several years ago. 1/2hp, 1800 rpm, 3~ motor for power. The base and motor mount are just some drop pieces of 1/2...