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[Doc Nickel]

-You have to remember, first and foremost, that it's a movie. It's entertainment. If it were detail-perfect, it'd be ten hours long and mostly boring....

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-Robot Combat is very much a case of rock, paper, scissors. There have been some very competitive bots, but there have also been some amazing designs...

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Parting wouldn't need a micrometer dial. I've seen fixture like that on other turret lathes that has to do with a sort of threading attachment, but I...

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-People used to get a small amount of webspace when they got their internet connection, specifically for a user to host their own photos and the like....

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-This is precisely what happened with Photoshop, too. Photoshop was very widely pirated, which Adobe didn't exactly allow, but didn't exactly prosecute...

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-AXA has been an ideal size on both the Logan and the Sheldon. When the Logan was still manual, it had a slightly different toolpost height than the Sheldon,...

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It still surprises me how many people expect a large company with a significant payroll to give away a product for free.

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-That was one of the things I was thinking. There's that guy that makes cast-iron accessories for small lathes, can't recall the name off the top of my...

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Gotta make a correction: Of my parting tools (all 1/2" shank to fit in a standard AXA block) the one that takes an ISCAR style single insert tooth,...

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-The 1/2" shank ones I have 'reach' between 3/4" and 1". (I have a couple styles.) Parting a 2" bar is a lot to ask of a small home-shop...

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I picked mine up off of eBay, standard Chinese import stuff. Typical example part If that link doesn't work, just search MGMN, "grooving lathe tool",...

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Have you tried one of the small "CNC style" parting tools that take the little MGMN inserts? Those can be had with 3/8", 1/2" and...

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-That oughta be fun to make.

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-Er, no, I did catch that, as noted clearly by the fact that while I've never seen the toolpost damaged, I have seen the lathe damaged. And honestly,...

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Wound up adding simple ball oilers. Drilled the gib-side ways in between the adjusters...



And the left side saddle way in an...

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-And how is that different from virtually any other quickchange post, including Paul's?

And again, That's a nonissue. People have been using...

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-Acknowledged and agreed. But as I noted, I have heard no complaints about even clones -as I said- unless the complaintant had bought the absolute cheapest...

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-Complain? I'm not sure I've ever heard of anyone complain about an Aloris-style toolpost, apart from complaining about the quality, when they buy the...

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(And it's also worth noting that the .22 version is already a miniaturized copy. )

On the Prius thing... where the hell did they get a...

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Well, if you just wanted to make a blank-firing one, build the .22 version, and feed it the little .22 caps from power nailers. Ram-sets? Something like...