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Recent content by carrdo

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    How Not to Produce a Simple Wood Pattern

    Hi All, Another Rube Goldberg clamping arrangement needed so I can move forward on this project. The angle vise lugs do not quite align with the tee slots on the table of the Millrite. Trying to achieve universality and interchangeability between all of the different holding units here is...
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    How Not to Produce a Simple Wood Pattern

    Hi All, What is this crazy doing now. Milling a 1/8" wide shallow slot approximately 0.050" deep in a 4.5" long piece of scrap aluminum as seen in photo 50. The slot was carefully made to be a good tap fit for the 1/8" square copper work piece as seen in photo 51. The copper has been heated...
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    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    Hi All, To finish this off. Everything worked out as planned. No dramas either with the milling operation or the finish surface grinding. I only took a 0.003" DOC when milling but I am certain that I could have taken off more per pass. The only extra needed was to make some aluminum standoffs...
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    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    Hi All, Here is where I am with this at the moment. I didn't intend this to be another how I did it (my way again) but... Yes, I did incorporate many of your suggestions, in part, so thank you for giving them to me here. Anyway, to address K. Strauss' concern about this being a "thick" part...
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    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    Hi All, Yes, I was thinking about using a mild steel tooling plate like the one (s) Joe Pie sells and I do have a set of the smallest Mitee-Bite (MB-2) clamps. If I go the SG route there will be much smaller forces to contend with but I still have to protect the machined surfaces.
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    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    Hi Ken, Mostly various types of bronze castings or bar stock, stainless bar stock and some bar stock or oddly shaped pieces in aluminum. See the photo for a couple of typical small loco bronze parts (the nearest bar stock one - not the casting) which needs to be reduced in thickness. It is not...
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    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    Hi All, Has anyone used a vacuum chuck plate to hold non ferrous materials (and in my case for holding small odd shaped parts not suitable for mechanical holding) for milling vs surface grinding and how would this compare to using double sided tape for the same light milling/surface grinding...
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    More Slotting

    Hi All, For many of the projects which I do, this is an operation which has to be undertaken dozens of times over the years so I will briefly describe how I do it. I am probably an outlier on this but it does work. I have described a non routine deep slotting operation before on "How to Produce...
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    Don't Use FedEx for Any International Shipments

    Easytools.
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    Don't Use FedEx for Any International Shipments

    Hi Peter et al, I bought the item through ebay from a well known south Asian country. All that it said on shipping was International Shipping, Expedited shipping from Outside Canada, Ships to Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe. No other information was given or could be found other than the...
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    Don't Use FedEx for Any International Shipments

    Hi All, If ever you purchase anything from overseas and subsequently it is to be shipped here, ask who will be the carrier and if they indicate FedEx say you want an alternative or refuse that shipping method all together. This is the second time I have had unresolved issues with them. First...
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    Elliott metal shaper CA$600, Ottawa

    A fantasy price for scrap.
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    Tool Does Anyone Still Use a Wiggler?

    Hi Mcgyver, The photo is a bit deceiving as the far end of the wiggler is still floating around the tailstock centre point or can I say just vibrating a tiny bit as that is how close I am aligning the punch mark in the chuck. Sometimes, I even use an eye loupe to detect the smallest movement at...
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    How Not to Produce a Simple Wood Pattern

    Hi All, I finally finished the double brake cylinder drawing. What a relief! I still can do drawings like this (despite my printing scratch) but it really tires me both physically and mentally now.
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    How Not to Produce a Simple Wood Pattern

    Hi All, Starting to draw the double brake cylinder machining drawing. I am a dinosaur as I do drafting the old fashioned way on a board as I was never able to master CAD. Due to my wonky eyes, I need the Rube Goldberg lighting setup shown to avoid casting shadows but I do need proper overhead...
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