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    Moving lathe pull it completely apart?

    Opened fine for me but tool a minute to load
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    CA-ALL Farm yards are a great stock source

    What are screw cutting coupons? I have never heard of them before.
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    New to me ZX45 milling machine

    I just had a look and the display I have only has 3 inputs. The display arrived today but the scales won't be here until Monday. I am assuming in order to do that I would need a display that has 4 inputs? I had originally wanted to do a setup like what you have but in the end I went this way...
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    Help choosing material

    I think the photos are generic. I believe you are able to get a variety of sizes and pitches from the same seller. I got mine from ebay I don't recall the seller. I believe it was around $80 ish with shipping. It's a chinese tap straight from china but should get the job done it only needs to...
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    Help choosing material

    I don't have an acme thread pitch gauge but did use a regular thread pitch gauge and as I recall I believe it was 18. It was a couple months ago that I measured it. I am pretty sure I also checked with a metric thread gauge to see if it fit any of those. I can go out to the shop and double...
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    New to me ZX45 milling machine

    Sorry I should have clarified I bought a 3 axis dro and the Z axis will go on the column and then I also bought a separate quill dro with a built in display similar to what a lot of bench top mills come with from factory. The quill dro is a stand alone unit that I keep calling a dro becaue I am...
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    Help choosing material

    I am not 100% sure since it is to small for me to really take and measurements off of but I don't believe it is a 60 degree V thread. I am purely basing that on the uniform flat tops of the threads so I could be wrong.
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    New to me ZX45 milling machine

    I just read that entire thread there was some very useful information in there. Thank you for suggesting it.
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    New to me ZX45 milling machine

    Did you mean the metric collets and the counter bore bits or were you meaning the dro and the digital quill read out thingy? Sorry I haven't had caffeine yet and my brain isn't fully working.
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    Very nicely restored 6" Ammco shaper $1500 Cayuga, ON

    All the good stuff is in Ontario :(
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