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[Bob Engelhardt]

Good work! But I do think that is a gopher.

[Bob Engelhardt]

"Everyone"? I don't think so. I don't think anybody else gives a damn.

I'm sure that plenty of us were hoping this thread would...

[Bob Engelhardt]

It's really sad to think about how much stuff will go in there without my being there to pick through it. I gotta stop reading this thread. :ro...

[Bob Engelhardt]

Page 106 if you're using the default posts per page. Here is the specific post:
https://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/fo...40153-shop-mad...

[Bob Engelhardt]

Thanks. My pleasure....

[Bob Engelhardt]

Yeah, I know. I still wouldn't get into chain buying holders trying to find one that the inserts fit. Brazing is harder than fastening with a screw,...

[Bob Engelhardt]

It's clear that you just gotta' make your own. Can't be that hard. $55!!...

[Bob Engelhardt]

Before I invested in a holder that the insert might not fit, I would just braze an insert on a piece of CR. My name is Bob and I'm an HSM'er

[Bob Engelhardt]

Wait ... you can do that? OK, I tracked it down:
-click on your User name in the top right
- then on "User Settings" in the drop...

[Bob Engelhardt]

The YouTuber "Cutting Edge Engineering" uses it to remove really large quantities of steel, cheaply. E.g., https://youtu.be/5nfxXcAC_Eg?t=...

[Bob Engelhardt]

Right. "easily misinterpreted" is being gentle - "difficult to interpret" is closer. And without an emoticon to give a clue....

[Bob Engelhardt]

Thanks - making stuff would not be half as much fun without the acknowledgement of you guys.

When it's exactly 37* that you need, it's really...

[Bob Engelhardt]

This. I never liked that knob - it would be impossible to make a continuous cut, e.g., making a taper. It would be stop n go as you shifted your hand...

[Bob Engelhardt]

Sometimes it's better not to overthink things:

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[Bob Engelhardt]

Not on the shop wall, but it is in the Wallpaper folder for my Windows desk top.

I do think that I will print, frame, & hang your post....

[Bob Engelhardt]

Gang tooling

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[Bob Engelhardt]

FOLLOW UP - It's good to know what doesn't work.

I made a drill press "stop" using a MOT secondary & full wave rectified 70v....

[Bob Engelhardt]

No ... when I Googled MMR, there were hits. MMR does actually mean material removal rate & I want to know why. Probably because in German the 3...

[Bob Engelhardt]

MMR: material removal rate. How is not MRR?

[Bob Engelhardt]

That's it! Thank you. Boy, I shoulda' asked sooner. ...