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If the saddle lifts at all your gibs are too loose. The force is down but leverage can cause it to get pushed up....

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Yeah. They will sell to anyone....

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We used the motorized version for automated mirror adjustment on one of the machines we used to make. I just ordered a small optical breadboard the other...

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Be careful that no one sees you catching rainwater. It’s actually illegal in some places. People have been fined here in Oregon. Sigh.

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I have a couple albrechts for the lathe but dont use them for anything above about 1/2". They tend to lock up hard since the self tighten, I had...

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I use water coolant just by itself for the lasers and vacuum systems. I have a RO system that goes under the sink, does 100GPD, and the filters last for...

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Most scopes will go way past their rated frequency anyway. I had a 100mhz Tek TDS series and it would do 250mhz no problem with some attenuation. My lecroy...

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Sure. You just relieved the stress in them so that took a shape closer to circular. Aiming cast iron rings you probably did not change the structure of...

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FWIW since it is a little late now, argon will be just fine, if there are any leaks it will just leak a little slower....

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They actually dont need to be mounted that precisely in that direction. The head inside the scale float and take up any twist from mounting, some just...

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Nyquist says generally you want 4-5x sample rate, anything past that and you start getting to the point of diminishing returns. Plus you start wasting...

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Toasty components have been replaced. Resistors on the filter board and I did wash that board and the current sensor board with mineral spirits audit...

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I use those end mills from Lake Shore Carbide, spendy but I have a couple I have been using for years, the only time they go bad is when I do something...

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Yup, the lecroy waverunner I picked up a couple years ago has all sorts of features that are software locked, lucky for me someone figured out how to...

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Youre not missing out. That machine has an awful design. Round rail linear bearings have no place in metalworking machines. They lack stiffness because...

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I used Vacuoline 1409 in my 10ee and mill. Only bad thing is to find it in less than 5 gal quantities....

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I use some older Tek lunchbox scopes at work which would be in your price range, but really a Rigol or Siglent should do nice. I picked up a Siglent power...

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Once stuff got in there it just ate the nut out. I have used the injectable moglice to repair a nut for the old Artisan lathe I had, it was an odd ball...

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The megapost threads are kind of like when I was cleaning out the lab at work. I would find bins of miscellaneous components and hardware just all thrown...

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The also keep dust down by oiling the ground....