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FS: more grinding stuff- silicon carbide face grinding wheels, 6” CBN wheels,...
First up, silicon carbide 90x21x50 (3.5x7/8x2”) face grinding wheels with 5/16” mounting hole. Teiken brand I think. 240, 320, 800 and 1000 grit. $7.50 each new, $10 for the pile of used ones
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Moving Load with Ivory Soap
I had not heard of using solid soap for lubricant to move something. I have used Dawn dish soap to lubricate 20 long 3 foot diameter augers that I slid in machines as apart of a rebuild process. Watch:...
View ArticlePortable welding?
Hey guys... I'm looking for a way to run my cheap Hobart welder without plugging it in to a wall socket or using a generator. Basically, it's hard to get enough amperage to get anything done in a...
View Articlesine bar setting height
Why when figuring the gage block stack to get a given angle on a sine plate, you cannot use the sum of two angles sine numbers to get the correct height? For instance, if you want to get the stack...
View ArticleFP3 Active with trouble
We have this FP3Active all cleaned up But we ran into a problem while testing it The powerfeed Z-up jumped out of engagement every time So we took off the saddle Easy enough if you have done it several...
View ArticleFanuc 32i-A calculator input parameter for relative position
Hi! Bit 0 (DPI) of parameter 3401 (=1) is related to the calculator input. The setting works OK but not for relative position, it still interprets 5 as 5 micron. The decimal point is necessary when...
View ArticleSAG 14 common issues
Hi all, I won a SAG 14 this week at an online auction for 950 Canadian pesos, I could not believe it haha. It was sight unseen but the add came with a video of the machine running and machining so I’m...
View ArticleKO Lee hydraulic surface grinder priming ?’s
I acquired this grinder in great condition with little use but the hydraulic sump was dry. I filled it with the iso 150 mineral oil and the pump seems to pump but I can’t get the table to oscillate...
View Articleworth it or no?
so i got this head stock came with a atlas TH36 bed i picked up... wanted to get some insight to see if it would be a good head stock to run and if so what might i need to do in order to get it to run...
View ArticleMultiplex 610 with Flex-gl50n, stuck in ext estop after re-initialization
Hey guys, So we have a 1994 Multiplex 610 with the Flex-GL50N Gantry Loader (T32-6 control) that is stuck in an external e-stop and regular e-stop. This machine is new to us and was off for several...
View ArticleCincinnati 24in shaper clutch, help!
I have a cincinnati shaper, and when I went to use it I saw it was not dripping from the tower like it should. Spent lots of time trying to figure out why. Pulled the bottom sump plate off and I felt a...
View ArticleLearning to scrape - with help from Richard King
Hey guys newish member here. I've lurked around for a while - being a long time woodworker who has just in the last year begun a journey into learning machining. One of the first subjects that really...
View ArticleTurning/Parting Tools and Carbide Inserts
I bought a box of carbide inserts and tools at an auction and wound up with a bunch of stuff I don't need. I can't prove the inserts are genuine, but they don't seem to be the styles/kinds we see...
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More shop items to sell #3
Here are some motor controls. I'm mainly posting because of the older boxes, this is the antique forum, but someone may need the others too. I don't know anything about condition other than if it's...
View ArticleJones and Lamson No.. 5 Turret Lathe ...tooling ?
I recently acquired a J&L No. 5 turret lathe...it came with no tooling on the turret section. I am having difficulty finding where to turn to find tooling...actually I don't even know where to...
View ArticleHard turning beginner question
I had an axle bearing go bad and wear about a 1/16” or better groove in the axle bearing surface. Pics attached. I didn’t know if the surface was hardened or what flavor of steel it was. I don’t have...
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Lathe jaws galore! Lots of soft jaws, some hard jaws
Not even off the shelf this time! Three sets of serrated jaws and one set of tongue and groove jaws (2-3/32” bolt spacing or thereabouts) $20 a set
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Help with Spline Cutting
I need to make a splined shaft with matching splined parts in a limited machine shop; The internal cutter seems rather easy to make. I will just create a broach holding tool roughly as follows, with a...
View ArticleRe tapping holes
Hello all, I have a 1/4-20 UNC hole that I like to change to a 5/16-18 UNC. Hole location is critical and I don't know how to make sure it doesn't move. Thanks! :-]
View ArticleFeedback requested in a Schaublin 160 for sale.
Hi, I'm a long time user of my fathers lathe and I own an Abene VHF3 so I'm not shy of the more rare things but this one has me wondering if it would be a mistake. I've read that very few of these were...
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