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    help making small hinges

    Good job. What retains the pin in place?
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    JCDammeyer's 42 projects

    You probably want silicone or one of those food safe products. There are many good industrial products that would do a great job (seal, durometer, UV, dishwasher proof) but you may catch a whiff of a chemically smell/taste. I have bought small sheets on Amazon, it comes in various thicknesses...
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    larger print example ER collet rack

    So I drew up an ER16 collet rack to fit a specific cardboard storage box size (after first printing a smaller 4-hole test block which I am happy with). Its occupying some real estate on my A1 table. Total time ~7 hours. I'm sure the 'creature' printers are chuckling & calling me a WUS right...
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    2x72 grinder discussion

    I was curious about dust too. Seems like a lot of knifemaker guys have a 5-gal pail underneath, some containing a couple inches of water. Presumably serves to both catch majority of grindings for easier sweep-up & also immediately extinguish them. Now if you have belt head orientated in...
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    STL files now allowed as attachments

    Never heard of it but that does look like a good resource if someone on the forum wanted to host a mini training seminar or class or any kind of 'share'. Zoom & similar is ok for live meetings but the sharing of docs among participants is a bit more involved & AFAIK unless you have a...
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    Help re insert type

    Maybe you can get lucky & find a pail of HSS blanks, too short for lathe work but perfect for you. Just set up some kind of angle jig on your grinder so they are consistent. They are set to a contact datum anyways so that's taken care of. They might perform as good or better than those carbide...
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    Steam engine patterns for casting

    a video, maybe there is more
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    Steam engine patterns for casting

    Interesting. Well when you get around to trying, please report back. Assume this is the stuff? they say 270C oven to melt out. https://filament2print.com/en/castable/645-1800-moldlay.html#/217-diameter-175_mm/223-format-spool_750_g
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    Help re insert type

    These were predominantly lathe tools repurposed to this kind of duty. 'A' is cutter geometry (there is also square & parting & vee). I'm not 100% on this, you may have to dig deeper 'R' = Right hand tool (L=Left) 'number' is nominal IMP shank size in "16ths Then details about carbide grade The...
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    Steam engine patterns for casting

    tell her you really, Really, REEEALLY need one. And it can make jewelry <or insert applicable bribe keywords>
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