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I purchased this tap guide from KBC. KBC brand for $20.00. I wanted the Fisher brand, made in USA for $32.00, but they were out of stock. I figured the import should be fine. Holy hell Batman....what a piece of sxxt!! Made in India, though it wasn't mentioned in their catalogue. -The body...

Well, doing a small job this morning with my Brown & Sharpe 612 Micromaster, and the crossfeed handle is sticking, and then getting harder to turn, and then free wheeling and no movement of the table@#$%! Looks like the bronze crossfeed nut is stripped. Unlike many surface grinders, the B&S...

From, The Starrett Book for Machinists' Apprentices, Volume 1.

HELP!! I am hoping that someone might be able to lend me a #7-30 threading die. A little while ago I purchased a Starrett No.995 planer gauge. It's missing a couple of accessories which I would like to make. Starrett uses odd size screws, and my lathe doesn't cut 30tpi. (I plan on making...

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Here is a PDF of my notes from the little tutorial I presented at our April 6 meet-up. Hopefully it's not too convoluted. If anyone has any questions, I will try to answer them as best that I can. There is more information that I need to post regarding this in the next couple days.

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This video is made by HAAS. I find their videos very informative. Even though they're on their CNC machines, most of the content can be applied to manual machining.

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I had to make a small part from AISI 4140 steel. A couple of fire bricks, propane torch, and quenching oil (ATF). Heated the part to cherry red (though, I've never seen cherries that colour....maybe maraschino cherries!) In the picture it's a little orange: kind of hard to hand hold the...