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[mickeyf]

If you look at virtually all of the digital calipers out there, you will see door an the backside opposite the door for the battery. This allows you to...

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I agree with Matt, but if you do decide to replace it Doozer's suggestion avoids the bothersome dismantling otherwise required.

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BUT! With or without tool holders, you need to understand about the clearance, rake, etc angles on the tool relative to the work, or you will be frustrated...

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Um... does the FBI know about this?...

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Yup. very first question to ask. And presumably you are testing the motor disconnected from the load of the compressor to know that some compressor issue...

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About those gears - no, not an extra set. You use them in different combinations so that the cutting tool advances along the work at different rates relative...

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The reason you want a drill chuck for the lathe is so that you can drill a hole dead center in the end of a shaft - the work in the lathe chuck rotates,...

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I see a set of change gears, but it would be a good idea to show us a photo of what's under the back cover where those gears go, in case there is some...

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Yup. Apparently someone can come screaming up behind you while you're backing up, slam of the brakes right behind you, and it's your fault....

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Key word being "impossible". Perceiving my own mortality, I am transitioning from becoming a perfectionist to a good-enoughtionist....

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Yes! Gotta do that ...some day, hopefully....

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Just my opinion. For something that is very lightly in but a bit more than can be pressed in or out by hand, a few gentle taps with a hammer can be appropriate....

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I gave up on KVM switches long ago. Just SSH or remote desktop into which ever I care about at the moment, usually have a window or two open on each continually...

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Ouch.

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I worked in a marine machine shop, and propeller shafts were regularly straightened (not by me) with a hydraulic press, v blocks, and a dial indicator...

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I've always been troubled by the narrow definition - or non-definition - of "Life". Something that consumes energy and reproduces itself? Fire...

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Harumph. Real machinists to this manually.

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Mike, looks good. I'm thinking about getting a similar setup for my recently acquired RF-40 clone. Not clear to me how you specify the required scale...

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Or... Life developed on some other planet has been using Venus as a compost heap. Let's cover all the bases here, eh?...

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Happy ending. Got a 15 mfd run cap this morning, hooked it up, runs great - 85 rpm at the gearbox output. Bound to be useful for something, even if I...