Slightly O.T. person looking for Van Norman mill parts?

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Based on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isBYV6QWDIo
not bloody likely...

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Don't see a thermocouple attached to the gas control, what you are calling a flame rectification. There should be a flame sensor/flame switch in the...

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In one of Keith Rucker's recent videos he visited a friend just across the Florida border who was clearing out a number of machines. Said to be a little...

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Strong smelling perfume....

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Dead men tell no tales. That's why BF has a manure lagoon. no police diver is going into that!...

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Stick it down on a chunk of plate glass instead of your good surface plate.
After all It's HSM, isn't it....

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He also has a video where he bought three rough circular cast iron plates and proceed to make three finished lapping plates. Why go through this exercise...

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Can't find the post, but I recall that there ( maybe ) was a guy looking for parts for his machine.
Anyone else remember the post? I think it was...

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While it hasn't yet been tried, it has been written about in a book written by ex-astronaut Addison 'Skip' Carmichael: The Trans-Linear Vector Princi...

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Good enough scam to fool the news people and the OP....

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Not much of a concern as ER doctors and nurses have seen it all.
Bigger concern would be the wife taking a liking to the new look....

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Set up on the mill table, drill to 15/16", bore to 1.00"...

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You can't deflate and compress the tire enough to get a bite on the rim with the lathe chuck jaws?
Clamp it to the mill table with two strap clamps,...

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Similar patent doc: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1513782A/en Several other patents, two automobile related, perhaps unrelated.
Possibly the...

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About as good as the equivalent Ryobi POS....

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Thanks for posting the L-G bulletins. Vintage Machine dot Org would probably be happy to host a digital copy if you are interested in sharing the information....

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Of course you are right.
I would have just made the adapter of any new piece of brass I have. Minuscule amount of lead isn't an issue....

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Simple low profile clamps like: https://www.jergensinc.com/Toe-Clamps_1
work well and can be made more easily than:https://www.goodhanduk.co.u...

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I'd be more concerned with possible leached chemicals from any type of plastic.
If the filter is half decent, you should be able to make an adapter...

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What ever floats your boat. A different viewpoint: https://toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/243...