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Recent content by kstrauss

  1. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    Remember that #12 wire is about 0.0808 or 2.05mm so a little too big to ride in a 2mm groove. Perhaps move the tool left/right a bit to widen the groove?
  2. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    I assume that the 4.75mm rod is actually 3/16. I have a 3/16 reamer to ensure a proper fit of disk to rod but a 4.75mm one is rather uncommon in my experience. Is the wire actually #14 which is 0.080 rather than 2mm diameter? Or perhaps #8 which is 0.160?
  3. K

    Request to do a small machining job

    What is your location? What brass alloy? Of course even those who cannot help would like like some details of your project!
  4. K

    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    And that matters how?
  5. K

    Anyone using ChatGTP?

    https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07HP5HBT6
  6. K

    Really ?

    I didn't realize that the Forester is different. On both my 2022 and 2024 Outback XT it is a menu choice on the touch screen. Of course you cannot access the menu while the warning to pay attention when driving is displayed (wait 30 seconds or acknowledge the message with another menu button)...
  7. K

    Really ?

    I recall reading that the auto shut off was the most despised features on a Subaru. You have to re-disable it using a menu choice every time you start the car. A previous software version had the disable hidden on a second level menu!
  8. K

    Machinery's 20th

    You're certain that it is 22tpi? I believe that 1/4-24 was once used on Harley motorcycles and is even available from KBC (https://www.kbctools.ca/itemdetail/1-372-116). Curiously, a 1/4-24 thread is used in the US Army's WWII vintage M94 cryptographic device.
  9. K

    Really ?

    Don't knock heated seats and steering wheel if you haven't tried it. Now heated floor mats may be excessive... What I can definitely do without is the idiotic automatic engine shut off when waiting for the light to change!
  10. K

    New tracking at Amazon

    Amazon uses several delivery services to here and the continuous tracking doesn't appear to be available for all of them. Perhaps tracking should be part of the new contract for the posties <G>.
  11. K

    Hello!

    Welcome to Quinn from the lakeshore 100km east of Toronto. Love your channel!
  12. K

    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    Perhaps carrdo should consider https://www.amazon.ca/ifish-Fractal-Stainless-Steel-Shape/dp/B0BFJGYMTK Using a vise would eliminate the repeat costs for single use tape.
  13. K

    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    Looking at carrdo's photo his parts appear to have irregular outlines with no parallel sides in which case he'd probably need three of the MiteeBite MB-225 or similar clamps. With parallel sides. the Talon Grips from MiteeBite work great. Unfortunately, either will slightly mar a finished edge...
  14. K

    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    I doubt that you'll be happy using tape or vacuum. If it were my project, I'd likely make aluminum soft vise jaws that match the outlines and will securely hold the parts. Rather a pain for one-offs but given a .DXF for the part, milling a soft jaw with a CNC only takes a few minutes. Possibly a...
  15. K

    Shop Has Anyone Used...?

    What workpiece shapes do you plan to hold? Sizes? What material? A quick summary of my experiences of tape versus vacuum: I've had good luck with Nitto Permacel P-02 tape for milling small weird shapes in 0.125 Delrin, engraving labels and similar tasks. Tape is suitable for most any shape...
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