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[Illinoyance]

That is Schwanz you don't want twicted.......or stepped on...

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As a kid I molded them in sand using a spoon to form the cavity. No cope on the mold. Yes, I had to drill the hole.

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Learn cast iron welding using oxy/acy and cast iron rod. The old Linde oxy/acy had a good set of instructions. It s out of print but it is available...

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The tap is indeed a nut tap.Nuts would accumulate on the shank and are driven to the curved end. The tap fits in a spindle that has a curved recess to...

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My 10K has too small a spindle hole to take a barrel through the spindle. My Nardini has too long a spindle. I can only chamber fro the steady. With...

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Oxy-acetylene flame will remove mill scale. Direct the flame at a low angle and watch the scale pop off.
Harris Calorific (now Lincoln) made special...

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Ingersoll also built transfer lines for machining engine blocks, transmission housings, etc. I suspect most of the transfer lines have become obsolete...

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Buy a Kalamazoo indexer with tailstock. They are often available used. I think there are Chicom copies as well.

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I had a Clausing Metosa and a Nardini lathe. Neither one worked well with a 5C in the spindle. I couldn't get the carriage close enough to the headstock...

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B is an initial pinch roll. The metal is pinched between the top and bottom rollers. The side roller is moved inward to tighten the bend. The IP roll...

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I bought a cheap 3 axis DRO from Amazon. I damaged one of the scales and needed a replacement. Neither Amazon nor their vendor was any help. I bought...

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Here in the Quad Cities, IL & IA, we have a sharpening service. He has a special grinder for jointer and planer knives. The finished grind is far...

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I use a knock out bar from the rear just like lakesie53. I think that is what most people do.

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This is a machinist forum, right? Buy a 12-20 die from Victor ($11.50) and make your own. You can also try to single-point the threads. Joe Pie had...

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I would be tempted to replace the dowels with taper pins. Position the apron properly, then ream the holes. A no. 7 pin would be about the right si...

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I would try an arch punch to create a slightly oversize blank then finsh them in the lathe as others have suggested. When punching I prefer end-grain...