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    4 flute carbide end mill suggestions?

    Until this thread I never really looked hard at the Skookum catalog. They are predominantly imperial & I have become predominantly metric, but there is still nice tooling to choose from.
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    4 flute carbide end mill suggestions?

    14mm = 0.551, do you mean close to 1/2" because 3/8" = 0.375" which is a long ways off Anyways with a typical progressive ER collet set in IMP I'm confident set you will find a match that clamps metric shanks just fine.
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    Worn nuts for mill leadscrew

    Ah, sounds good. People have made plastic nuts but I think they are only suitable for low thrust force applications.
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    Worn nuts for mill leadscrew

    @Gennady are you trying to source plastic for thread practicing on or are you contemplating making the nut itself from it?
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    4 flute carbide end mill suggestions?

    Ditto for me AliExpress stores: X-Can, BB, others I forgot. Carbides are excellent value. HSS can be a bit hit & miss. Be aware they will be metric shank if that's an issue toolholder wise. Nothing a collet system can't deal with.
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    Vise v. Y-travel

    I was going to say the ^same^ thing. Too late now but this is something to keep in mind when vise shopping. This style is a bit more adaptable in terms of how it can be clamped with all the T-slot spacing variations out there. You can position at an angle or even stand it on edge with blocks &...
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    Machine Alternate To Dremel Saw-Max?

    I'm a Milwaukee fan boy. Not sure what you were using the Dremel for but maybe this is comparable. I've cut through metal & tile & all kinds of sh*t https://www.homedepot.ca/product/milwaukee-tool-m12-fuel-12v-3-inch-lithium-ion-brushless-cordless-cut-off-saw-tool-only-/1001214811
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    Gib screws

    That's exactly what I did on my lathe. Depending on the depth of the thread passage, they may not be as fun to remove. I bonded the ball to the brass foot IIR, not the set screw end. Then a magnet just zips them out. Unless the ball is stainless :/
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    Gib screws

    I suspect that that's how its SUPPOSED to be done. But my Taiwan mill & lathe just have flat sided gib faces (other than the pecker marks made by the set screws LOL). No matching surfaces or CB's like you mention. Actually where this issue came up on my lathe was not the gib adjustment, that was...
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    Gib screws

    Forgot to say you can make your own by center drilling or ball end milling a divot & insert a bearing ball retained by Loctite or whatever. its a bit fiddly but I made my own this way, Some of the commercial ball ended ones you see are sprung (different animal) so be aware of that.
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    Gib screws

    I have seen a few variations on hobby class Asian machines (like mine). They can be flat bottom screws which is not optimal for exactly the reason you mention. The outer edge of the screw makes tangent contact with the 60-deg gib strip & has a tendency to laterally displace or 'walk' the gib...
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    Solvent to remove plastic protective coating from stainless steel

    Its hard to know what you have without more details but my guess is one of 2 possibilities. 1) you have an integrally coated pan. The coating itself could be a number of different types these days. Teflon was predominant but other coatings (chemical types) are popular for a variety of reasons...
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    CA-ON Neoprene rubber rolls supplier?

    Oh, sorry, missed that detail. Good luck.
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    CA-ON Neoprene rubber rolls supplier?

    Amazon?
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    CA-ON Neoprene rubber rolls supplier?

    Not sure what you mean by 'rubber rolls' but used for your ways. Do you mean flat sheet material that comes/ships 'rolled up'? Gasket supply places typically material like this.
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