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[epicfail48]

If it's anything like mine, you should be able to get a pin spanner in that hole and twist the barrel until the hash marks line up like they should

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Wonder how well this would work with a hard wax instead of wood... Fill the tube with wax, cut the rings, then just melt the wax out. Best part is you...

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As pictured, I'd say that the shear bit looks better
That said, the slightest touch with some scotchbrite on the xxGT side gets rid of the fuzziest...

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Coating on the tap maybe? IIRC, aluminium likes sticking more to some coatings, titanium nitride maybe? Then again, that would only explain why steel-specific...

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...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BinWA0EenDY

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Form taps are awesome, especially in smaller sized. Making butterfly knives a while back, i needed to put a 2-56 thread 7/16" through o1, trying...

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Pretty sure the right tool for that job would be a core drill:
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/01585645

Course, you can find...

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Be kinda hard to turn a WRX into a sleeper, theyre pretty well-known sports sedans...

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Different tooth geometry and better tolerances help as well. Annular cutters have the arbors built in, essentially, so assuming a quality cutter any runout...

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Very, very, VERY rough guess, but it looks like about 3 inches from the pivot to the work side, and maybe 10-12 from the pivot to the foot pedal side?...

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Nothing fancy, but i have disassembled a cheapie 3 inch 4 jaw chuck. Getting out the little thingies that hold the jaw screws in place was a bit of a...

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Another vote for an annular cutter. Up to about 1.5 inches I know they aren't horrifically expensive, $20-30 for something serviceable. Only downside...

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That parts actually true, ask the Romans. Lead acetate was used as a sweetener in ye olden times, the Romans made a drink called sapa using it...

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Are those tapered at all? First though is some sort of bridge reamer

Actually, is the 'pilot' at the end the same diameter as the driven...

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Not familiar with do-alls, whats the deal with the chain and cable? Is that part of some feed mechanism you had to disable to make a freehand cut, or...

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I second this, though it is slightly difficult to print things without owning a printer...

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It's been a pretty long while since I messed around with it. Can still get into a master lock combo lock without issue though, not that that's much of...

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Clough42 actually just did a really nice video on 3d printing one. Made one for myself, thing works great. Incredibly simple to make too, since its 3d...

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Too many other variables being brought into play. Ignore the headstock and DRO. Put a mark at 12'o'clock on the leadscrew, engage the halfnut, then rotate...

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It is. All steeling does is re-align the edge of the blade if its rolled over from use, if the edge is actually blunt a steel wont do much of anythin...