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[alanganes]

I second that. In addition to not damaging the part, it is a pretty quick and easy bit of lathe work.

This is one of those things that seems...

[alanganes]

Likewise, I recall the near monthly cover stories in either of those magazines during the 1970's of the "revolutionary new engine" design that...

[alanganes]

Not sure about how best to avoid the oxidation, but as you can quench copper in water to anneal it, it may give them less time at high temp so that they...

[alanganes]

The place I worked at until recently used theodolites to align large-ish mechanical structures to pretty tight tolerances. I have used them at work though...

[alanganes]

Here is a DIY version of a similar system, form the January 1950 issue of Popular Mechanics Magazine:

https://books.google.com/books?id=...

[alanganes]

No reason what you are thinking of doing would not work just fine. It's not like the things has to be ground to any particular dimension, it just needs...

[alanganes]

Doozer covered most of it.
I'm no expert really, but a cheaper way to shape grinding wheels is with something like this:

https://w...

[alanganes]

You are a perfect example of what McGyver described in post #4. The machines and machining was almost incidental to the product. You were not selling...

[alanganes]

Now that's really cool. I somehow missed this the first time you posted it.

It's just the ticket for a large spread out shop like yours....