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[754]

I prefer the 2nd lift truck.. the first does not even make me think forklift if you cover the mast.

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Must be the area we live in , but I am finding quite a few home machinists with CNC that are not proficient on manual operations.
and sometimes...

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I agree with a lot of what Doozer says.. i would have little use for a light machine with CNC .
A small light machine would be good for these...

[754]

Ok let's take that handle, looks like 2 inch square or 2.5 aluminum. So how long do you guys think it would take to get a working part with the necessary...

[754]

Which part, nothing there in the pic, looks hard to carve out of billet.....

[754]

I think he is talking bigger trees like 20 to 30 inch diameter.
I did some research last time I had to remove a tree, cherry about 10 inch at...

[754]

Just push them on....

[754]

I find machining by moving the dials and levers, is a bit like hetero sex.. more fun to do it yourself than to watch someone do it in front of you....

[754]

This is the only type I like. The ones I have you can mount in both sides if desired..
what I really like is you can pull them out of a tool box...

[754]

Expo 86 in Vancouver was one I think.. got down near it but not inside. Watched the fireworks a few nights. Sounded like lots of things to look at..

[754]

Over greasing will likely make it run hotter. It should be greased from factory I would think..

[754]

A long time ago, I wanted to make a boring bar around 3/4 inch, I went to a scrapers and got a strut type shock rod that was either3/4 or 20mm. I cut...

[754]

80 percent of my indicating is done on 3 sides, at the end I check the 4th, and its very close, if not good.... makes up it much easier.....

[754]

Pension ? You look like you are 46......

[754]

Another quickie method.
measure from edge of table to chuck with tail of your Vernier caliper.. even if you have to hold it at a slight angle....

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I dont know, but I do know if you saw cut a piece of 3/8 round bar, then chuck it in a drill chuck, you can drill holes in softwood and that has no ...

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I am guessing in a school situation, some jackass will try to put a hardened bolt in there to see what happens..

[754]

It's only 1.65 for new ones.....

[754]

One time in a logging camp they had a documentary on skull reconstruction, after a grinding wheel came apart. . After that I had a great respect for ring...

[754]

Here is a pic of the brake I was working on for Gambler.
I milled approx mm off the outer edge of the stainless rotor, then made the notches which...