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Recent content by ntdenman

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    Lathe-Only Machining of 'Bar Clamp'

    Aaaaaah, beautiful!
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    Lathe-Only Machining of 'Bar Clamp'

    Funnily enough, I have a faceplate but no hole saws; I think I'll give the headstock boring a shot, and see if that works for me. Looks like a great resource, I'll definitely be looking more at that when I have a chance. Thank you!
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    Lathe-Only Machining of 'Bar Clamp'

    Ah, those do look really similar, cool. The drill press fixture is a great idea, I'll make that the backup plan if boring doesn't work. Seems like it's less likely to fail but that's a lot of fixtures to make. Thanks!
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    Lathe-Only Machining of 'Bar Clamp'

    I'm interested in suggestions for setups to machine a tricky feature from the attached drawing; the parts are basically cylinders with a right-angle cylindrical 'bite' taken out of them at an offset location. I'd be making them out of brass rather than steel, which should help a bit. It seems...
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    Big hello from "Northern Alberta".

    A belated hello from Bonnyville AB, a bit south and waaaaaaay east!
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    Hello from Newfoundland!

    Oh, now that's a very handy thread! I'm going to have to give that a full read later, thank you.
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    Hello from Newfoundland!

    Thanks! Nowhere that exotic - Clarenville, not too far out of St John's.
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    Hello from Newfoundland!

    (it's not that I mind a metric grinder, but finding BA sized taps is a nightmare so I thought I'd switch all the threads to sizes I can get easily)
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    Hello from Newfoundland!

    Hi all; I'm a new-ish hobbyist, still very much getting my feet under me. I'm originally from Edmonton but have settled in small-town Newfoundland after some detours (Toronto and Virginia). During the move out here, I had to leave behind pretty much everything, so I'm starting from scratch in...
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