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[mattthemuppet]

dang, I'm too slow

Hope the lathe is ok - mechanical or electrical?

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well, you gots:

- collets direct in the spindle, with a draw tube hand wheel sticking out the back, accurate as it gets
- collets direct...

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I shouldn't worry about it. Takes all sorts to make the world go round.

One thing though - talk about gears and gear making does turn to...

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no idea, they both work fine on steel and stainless. I usually run alu/ plastic in the fast setting, steel in the middle and stainless on slow. I think...

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I did and told him it was a great deal for a plug and play solution. Unfortunately he didn't listen to me and ended up spending $100 instead on a nice...

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any other plugs/ pins/ sockets on the board? Maybe a pic of the whole board would help..

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Garage is over 90 degrees? You lucky bugger! I think mine's at 100 right now - I lose a couple of pounds water weight everytime I step in there..

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probably for an Atlas, they use Mx-xxx for their part numbers. Usually they bolt onto the cross slide boss in place of the compound, so I'm not 100% sure...

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I've had a couple of cheap bimetal blades for my 4x6. First was an 8/12tpi, which I found a bit limiting for the work I do - great on large stuff, not...

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maxheadroom is our resident treadmill motor and DC controller expert.

On the original treadmill, was speed controlled by a slider/ dial or...

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nice collection there. It's good to have a variety of styles for roughing, shaping and finishing.

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not much of a project, but a funny story. About 8 or 9 years ago I somehow lost one of the jaws of my large tap handle, probably under my bench. Spent...

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that's where I'm getting confused - is one of these rollers supposed to drive the other directly by it's "gear" profile? Why would you want...

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just work like the ancient Egyptians - use lots of slaves!

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why would you want them to mesh like gears? I would have thought you'd need some clearance between the two to allow for the solids to pass through? These...

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to be honest, if you require professional movers you'll get next to no interest from private buyers. It's an unknown hassle and expense. It's hard to...

[mattthemuppet]

congrats! That'll be a nice step up in capability from a mini-lathe. Post pics when you get it

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I use a black oxide approach with potassium something (?) salts that someone described on here (markx?). Works really well and seems very tough. I've...

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I think I'm at 35 now, unless I miscounted Some tools are rarely used, others are used constantly. Some of the rarely used ones (corner rounding router...

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nice! Now you just need to make a couple more than you have tools to put in them and you'll be good for holders for at least a few weeks..