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[garyhlucas]

I have used tons of stainless fasteners and thread seizing has caused cutting the nut off more times than I care to admit. However I have NEVER had a...

[garyhlucas]

Very sorry to hear about your loss. I lost my best friend to suicide, before the brain cancer could kill him. I had just arrived from out of town and...

[garyhlucas]

Buy the nut, cheaper than the tap. It is a very common fixture part. When I was a kid I worked weekends with my dad wiring houses. My job was assembling...

[garyhlucas]

There is a special silicone for this purpose because the lexan expands and contracts way more than glass. It also requires a special primer and that makes...

[garyhlucas]

Paul is right on temperature vs watts. I just finished soldering 3 50 pin connectors for Yaskawa servo drives using a 40 watt iron. Two seconds to solder...

[garyhlucas]

I’d have welded a plate on the end of the vertical tube and tapped the thick plate for bolts so you could easily shim it to perfect tram.

[garyhlucas]

Yes that is a parabolic flute drill. I used to use them drilling deep holes for aluminum air manifolds. Worked much better than standard twist drill

[garyhlucas]

Those idler pulleys are made by a company called Efson. McMaster Carr sells them with a crown and flanges.

[garyhlucas]

I saw the mention of an LFA chuck and thought maybe they would have one to replace the crap chuck on a Milwaukee Fuel drill. Nope, Milwaukee used a 7/16-18...

[garyhlucas]

I forgot to mention the printer extrudes filament with no problem as well. So it is really weird. I will have to see if others have the same problem....

[garyhlucas]

I have a Wanhao PowerSpec printer sitting in my office and it worked great until it suddenly stopped printing. It heats up the bed and nozzle and then...