I am Loving Work Offsets Right Now

[Bob La Londe]

Probably. I seem to recall they are around 0.118. It's been a while since I measured them....

[Bob La Londe]

I remember when I struggled through my first work offset understanding. It was years ago when I I had to learn that machine position just keeps the machine...

[Bob La Londe]

I have two sets of the parallels from HF. They are very good for height, but they are NOT 1/8 thick. LOL....

[Bob La Londe]

I had a pretty good warning from a buddy of mine who owns an architectural firm about AC practices. I used Fusuon360, but made a point of never becoming...

[Bob La Londe]

I did almost as bad as that with my 8.5x18. (They let me in the 9x20 group on Yahoo anyway.) I bought a 6 inch 4 jaw for it (independent this time)....

[Bob La Londe]

In another group I posted this video and they were totally baffled that I found it amusing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH9yAZZSRF...

[Bob La Londe]

HOSS has a website dedicated to CNCing the G0704

[Bob La Londe]

Doc, Nice work. Its a good solution with the capability to add automatic oiling in the future if you choose to. In any case, by having oil ports you

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[Bob La Londe]

Well, I couldn't help myself. I colored up the taper of one of the tool holders with a write erase marker, dropped it in the fixture, and while holding...

[Bob La Londe]

When I wear this one out I may try that. They have some other hoses listed as abrasion resistant....

[Bob La Londe]

I had quit using my shop vac for cleaning up chips on the mill table. It worked fairly well at first, but it went thru hoses pretty quickly. They would...

[Bob La Londe]

I recently upgrade one of my high speed machines to an ISO20 quick change spindle. Just being able to swap tools in seconds by with a push/pull on the...

[Bob La Londe]

Pumps fluid out of a bucket. These are manual. More like this.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Lever-Oil-Bucket-Pump-Fits-5-Gallon-pails-Piston-Hose-Suction-Hand-Pumps-Nitrile/392523583011?epid=3014144201&hash=item5b643a8e23:g

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[Bob La Londe]

You know some time back I got tired of welding gloves that didn't last. I went on the MSC website and bought the most expensive pair of welding gloves...

[Bob La Londe]

I expect even a desktop CNC could quickly exceed the lubricity of one time applied lubrication. My big mill is a Hurco KMB1 with dovetail ways. It was...

[Bob La Londe]

If I have to replace it too often then a quick repair does start to have a negative impact on shop time. As a one man shop everything that I can improve...

[Bob La Londe]

One of my bucket pumps failed the other day. Its the one I use for SC520 cutting additive. Yesterday I decided to open it up and see if I could do anything...

[Bob La Londe]

AYUP! I send a lot of folks to Praxair for gas because of Airgas. Not just their prices either. Some of Praxair's misc consumables like tips aren't to...

[Bob La Londe]

Post a local ad on CL and FB Market place. Broken Treadmill Want. Need not work, but must be complete....

[Bob La Londe]

Yeah, no kidding. For a bench top machine unless its a big name ten times that is pretty good. The rest is all collet and tool quality/price....