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Recent content by trlvn

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    Craig's Craftex CX706 Comes Clean

    Can you link to an example? My spindle taper is MT4 so won't hold a 5C collet inside... Craig
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    Craig's Craftex CX706 Comes Clean

    I'm leaning more toward a 5C chuck. I have a good range of 5C collets already and I would really hate to duplicate all those sizes in ER. Craig
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    Craig's Craftex CX706 Comes Clean

    One of my 'maybe-one-day' plans has been to add a collet chuck to this lathe. Finding the correct backing plate to adapt from the spindle nose to the chuck has stymied me. Previously. BusyBee, in their Christmas in July sale, was offering an adaptor plate for the CX615 (lathe/mill combo...
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    Vise v. Y-travel

    Yeah, this is a pretty old vise. Maybe it was intended for a horizontal mill? I believe shaper vises are normally mounted with the jaws parallel to the motion of the ram so the mounting tabs on the ends also make sense there. To answer @Dan Dubeau , I have never mounted my vise in the other...
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    Vise v. Y-travel

    Pretty sure. Below, the table is wound out as far as possible. The spindle centre is 2.75 inches away from the fixed jaw line. The T-slots are on 2 inch spacing so moving the vise towards the column should get me more usable Y work envelope. Below, the table is wound in until the vise...
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    Vise v. Y-travel

    My (current?) vise has mounting tabs both on the side and the ends of the vise, see below. Theoretically, I have about 8 inches of Y travel. Since I installed a DRO scale on the column side, that should leave me with about 7 inches usable. However, the widest piece I can mill **in the...
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    The ultimate filer

    Every horizontal surface in my shop and office is piled with stuff. Still, I neatly refold the paper bags that groceries now come in before putting them in the blue recycle box. Mainly because the box would be overflowing otherwise. Burning them is not an option in the city. Craig (My wife...
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    Now the Colchester has a Mini Me

    +1
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    Other Curious tiny indexer

    For no good reason, I picked up a weird little gizmo on the weekend...a mini, user-made indexer. Next to the worm gear 'teeth', you can make out that it is marked regularly around the circumference. There are 48 divisions so it easy enough to divide into 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24 or (of course)...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    Just to be clear, neither sun nor ambient heat are required for spontaneous combustion. As linseed oil cures, the process creates heat; quite a bit of it. If the rag is wadded up, there will be several surfaces concentrating the heat and the temperature may climb to the ignition point for the...
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    Auto ignition of oily rags

    I strongly suspect that the garage fire next door to us was due to spontaneous combustion of oily rags. The new neighbours were having flooring installed and finished before they moved in and the fire started about 2 hours after the flooring crew knocked off for the day. The garage went up...
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    Metal finishes

    You might want to check out the following Youtube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbPzkHRZCQB99EEakSiM--TSsOJyQMaqe Mark Presling has done several videos on different metal finishing techniques for the home workshop. Craig
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    Oh Canada

    So true. Happy Canada Day, everyone. Spicy dry rub ribs on BBQ, potato salad, robust red wine, strawberries for dessert. What's not to like?? Craig
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    How do I remove the chuck backplate on Craftex CX708

    It's a 10 inch lathe so I'd guess it came with a 5 inch 3-jaw. Thus unlikely that the new 6 inch 4-jaw is going to have the same bolt circle. Might need to make a 6 inch diameter adapter plate? Craig
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    Looking for milling machine purchase help/advice

    Welcome from Oakville! I'll just throw out that PrecisionMatthews is located just this side of Pittsburgh. If you have or can borrow the appropriate vehicle, it is a manageable day trip to pick up a machine from them directly. I think they sell to enough Canadians that they should be able to...
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