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    Machine enamels?

    I am using Sherwin Williams Micropoxy two component tintable primer. Yes, it is expensive but very good. Two layers will work as primer+paint.
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    Bridgeport M head - disassembling help needed.

    Hello team. I am working on my newly acquired round ram BP mill with M head head. I removed pretty much everything and now trying to push quill out , but it stuck there. I was trying to heat housing and move quill but, so far, no luck. There is still pinion that need to be pulled...
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    Bridgeport M head spindle cap removal

    Hello. Refurbishing my BP with M head and stuck on removal this spindle cap. It is rotating freely, I see no any setscrews, there is no any thread underneath. It is M head with step cone pulleys model. Wondering, if anybody seen this before and have any clue. Thanks.
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    Chevalier benchtop T&CG

    Always wanted this one (or similar) But kinda expensive, IMO . Also broken main bracket piece....
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    Old, tired dial graduation refresh

    Really nice. Thanks Mcgyver. BTW -is there method to have satin finish in home shop? is that some sort of special media blasting?
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    Old, tired dial graduation refresh

    Hello folks. How do you restore/refresh old dial graduation on worn dials? Or just rubbing some contrast paint into it?
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    South Bend 7" Shaper, $1700, Edmonton, AB

    Machine has to be dirty, oily and showing some use :) Otherwise it gives a wrong impression of museum artefact.
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    What is this set screw ?

    No, mine is not brass. Screws are pushing steel flat gib with dimples on it, so no need for "soft" metal
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    What is this set screw ?

    Here is application those setscrews are used for - it is cross-slide with gib tightening screws
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    What is this set screw ?

    I was born in USSR - Minsk, Belarus. My farther was working in the plant that was producing fridges. It was back then quite poorly designed fridge even for that times , even for USSR. At some point government purchased complete factory -turnkey solution - to manufacture modern fridges. It...
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