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    Worn nuts for mill leadscrew

    Ya, but I think single pointing with a custom HSS bit makes more sense. The best I can suggest is to start with a very poor fit and then melt that over the small leadscrew stub by heating the stub first. But to be honest, I'd prolly have thrown the towel in quite a ways back. At this point in...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Nope, the older $$$ original. That's no fun. But to be honest, although its an amazing car, its not one I'd really like to own. If I couldn't have my Boss, I'd take an old 70ish Shelby over the GT.
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Would you hate me if I told you I've driven one? Amazing car.
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    Worn nuts for mill leadscrew

    My sonewhat lousy suggestion is to make a short duplicate section of your leadscrew, then squeeze a full nut onto it. Then unscrew the full nut and cut the nut in half. Might be easier to single point the nut a bit loose first, then squeeze it to fit.
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    It's just fine with me. The point was supposed to be that it's worse than airliner stats, and that neither stat is significant. Probably worse. But I already said several times I don't care about the instruments left behind. It's basically insignificant. Then again, without so many standards...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    That's true. So here are the stats. In Canada, over a recent two-year period, 553 foreign objects were left inside patients, with a rate of about 9.8 per 100,000 surgeries and a 14% increase over five years. Doesn't matter though. That misses my point. Which is that I don't care about it. I'd...
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    If you could own just one special vehicle what would it look like?

    Mine would be a copy of the 1970 Boss Mustang in bright Orange and Black that I used to own till my brother rolled it. My other choice would be the Benz - the first Petrol motorized vehicle in the world. Invented by Karl Benz in 1886 in Mannheim - the town where my family came from. If I...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    Maybe so. It obviously doesn't work. I know too many people who have had tools in them. That includes my FIL and my mother. FWIW, I'm ok with that. I want my surgeon to be focussed on fixing me and using all his/her brainpower to do that as intelligently and creatively as possible. A spare...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    @trevj, I have zero problems flying in an airliner repaired by mechanics who do not count their tools. Per mile travelled, WAAAY more people die in cars than in airliners. If counting tools mattered so much, car repair mechanics should be required to count their tools too. People also...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    I confess that you have me thinking. Not so much about changing my view of how hobby machinists should keep their shops, which is the subject here, but rather about how that should apply in the military. Perhaps the one-size fits all has a place. But maybe it is over rated too. I can certainly...
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    Tool Test probes (the mechanical type)

    Probably a China brain fart. Ruby is extremely hard. Just below diamond. On a regular dial indicator running continuously on a surface, there is much less wear on a ruby than on a hardened steel tip. No other advantage that I can think of and probably not attributable to a probe which doesn't...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    80 80 is just around the corner for me. A few guys on here are older. At least one member is over 10 years older. No cake and no celebration please. I wanna do the corner quietly, while taking a nice nap, through a full slide, all ahead slow to 90.
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    Tool Test probes (the mechanical type)

    CMM - Coordinate Measuring Machine. Often used in quality labs to measure consistency of critical dimensions. My daughter was responsible for installing and setting one up at a local parts manufacturer.
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    Now THAT is FUNNY! I burst out in a huge Belly Laugh.... TWICE! You are both right of course. No hiding from that truth! I guess I should have said "earlier than scheduled" or something similar. Too late Smart too.....
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    Does Anyone Here Have A Manual For This Old Meter?

    Quebec. I'd pay $80 for a good one near me. There is just something about an analog needle that you can't get from a digital display.
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