New e dividing head completed.

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My concern would be balancing, or re-balancing in this case.
Sure, the CI piston will work.
No problem with exploring for sake of experimentation....

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Brian- curious as to why you are going to make a cast iron piston? Why not stay with aluminum?

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Send me an IM, and your email.
We can communicate best that way.

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It's a planetary gear box. No perceivable play in it.
This is Hardinge, there is no back lash on the head it self. (not being uppity, but it's...

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Yes, Hardinge does make nice equipment for sure!
I took this all apart and had it stripped. Cleaned out the old grease. Only had to drill four holes...

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I have all of the details. What specifically would you like to know?
The only thing that I can’t really help with is the code.
I have...

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You can enter degrees, divisions, jog.(jog does 1,10,100*)
forward or reverse, per button press.

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In the spirit of some machining related post, I thought that I'd show a project that I've completed recently.
Last year, I did the same mod to an...

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Very nice.
Two day's worth of work is probably still cheaper than an entire new spindle.
Especially if it's painted green!!

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My daughter was stationed in Pensacola for about a year. That’s where the Blue Angels are based. She got to see them all the time!
occasionally,...

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I do have an extra day one!
haha
When I was making my throttle bodies, I had to make all the shafts and the brass butterflies. My butterflies...

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Understood!!

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Dibs on the surface grinder!!!

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