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by Gippeto
Thu Jan 16, 2020 11:52 pm
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Re: "In the world of spuds today"

Nice acquisitions, and quite a big step up from the Sherline.

You're going to like those. 8-)
by Gippeto
Sat Jan 18, 2020 10:42 am
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Re: "In the world of spuds today"

@Lab, Not sure which vise you're referring to. I've not bothered to actually measure, but have not had any problems. The new one does lift enough to loosen the parallel despite adjustment. Snugging in stages and some love taps with a dead blow is standard practice to counter this. ;) I do have a 2" ...
by Gippeto
Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:21 pm
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Re: "In the world of spuds today"

I actually have the 4" version of that tilting vise from BusyBee...it's a Groz, and quite nice really. It does suck up a lot of the z height though, and only gets used VERY rarely. I bought one of these a few weeks back, after looking at it in the Edmonton store. https://www.busybeetools.com/product...
by Gippeto
Mon Jan 20, 2020 10:48 am
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Re: "In the world of spuds today"

Manual recommends the following: ten days after the machine is put into normal use, it is necessary to change the oil in the headstock. Do you think that's enough? Changed the oil in mine before I ran it in and after. Now change it yearly. Doesn't hold much oil so it's cheap insurance. Don't forget...
by Gippeto
Wed Mar 11, 2020 12:33 pm
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Re: JSR's workshop chronicles

I rarely use the compound unless cutting tapers. For longitudinal turning, any misalignment will throw diameters off. I actually have one qctp setup that mounts directly to the cross slide...no compound at all. Chamfers and threading are accomplished by tool geometry alone. For the diy dro, I'm usin...
by Gippeto
Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:40 am
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Re: JSR's workshop chronicles

Sweet! So... do you just butt it up to the ways to make sure it's parallel? Slap it on, eyeball it straight to the ways and get after it. If you look across one straight item at another, it's fairly easy to see relatively minor angles of "off kilter"....and I'm under no pretense that I'm holding +/...
by Gippeto
Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:27 pm
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Re: stainless steel tube burst pressure

Mr Foo hit on the major point...the ends are where most failures occur first, and it can be pretty dramatic...even deadly. Wasn't too long ago that a fellow was working on a modified Benjamin Discovery and had the valve blow nearly through his thigh...barely missing the femoral artery. Another fello...
by Gippeto
Fri Jan 01, 2021 12:49 pm
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Re: JSR's workshop chronicles

Nice work Jack. :)

As far as useful skills go, threading is right up there with grinding tools...opens options and doors to all kinds of new projects!

Al
by Gippeto
Sun Sep 12, 2021 11:37 pm
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Re: barrel thoughts

Ever considered ECM rifling? I believe the FGC-9 and it's ecm'd barrel have been shared here before; https://youtu.be/AyPJ2br5NFQ Smith and Wesson has been using ECM to rifle barrels for a while now....a quick look at the commercial version of the process; https://youtu.be/CylcaXYNzcg Looks a bit ov...
by Gippeto
Tue Dec 27, 2022 9:52 pm
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Re: Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas. 8-)

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by Gippeto
Wed Mar 08, 2023 11:50 pm
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Re: Hammer valve-->Piston

Nice lathe. 8-)

Porta power gets my vote...oil is easier to clean up than grease. Testing a pcp reservoir.

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by Gippeto
Fri Jan 03, 2020 9:54 am
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Re: SpudFiles has entered 2020

Need to look around a bit, but seems like one heck of an upgrade. The blueprint plasma ball/Tesla coil header is pretty cool IMO. 8-)
by Gippeto
Sat Mar 09, 2024 7:43 pm
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Re: UPGBH10x

X2 Almost 200 posts and not a single useful one that I've seen. Maybe I'm just gettin old and cranky at this point lol. Your continuous and immensely annoying thread necromancy serves no purpose beyond increasing your post count, and making forum utterly unusable for anyone interested in actualy dis...