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    Tips/Techniques Hello new guy here

    A hearty welcome from downeast, a Bluenoser in this case. Sounds like you’ll fit right. Lots of varied life experience & skills around here. You aren’t the only Engineer either, there are a number here that like to get their hands dirty. All good fun! D :cool:
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    Label maker - do you have a recommendation?

    Greatest thing since sliced bread! You know, I worked for a very well known international company who built custom electrical/electronic assemblies as part of the final product and I even managed to get them to buy a shrink label printer (kicking and screaming) and what I got out of the...
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    Colchester mascot 1600, gcsurplus auction, Dartmouth, NS

    Well…..I could store it for you….. for a few years while you build a new shop! ;) Nice looking machine & well tooled too. That’ll go for big bucks. D :cool:
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    Via Ocean

    Been a long time since you’ve been out this way! We’ve been doing plenty of catching up. It’s not as bad as more populated points west but not like the old days, still plenty of good people but more of the entitled mixed in with them. D :cool:
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    Small Facemill

    I could be wrong but I would expect the tool holders to be fairly hard. With that and not wanting to sink a bunch of time in experimenting with mods it wouldn’t be worth the trouble for me if I could just order an off the shelf from Shars. Actually the only reason I hadn’t ordered from Shars...
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    Small Facemill

    @PeterT We are talking about the fit of two inserts sold under the SAME part number IAW the ISO part number code chart you posted above. That’s what caught me on the Accusize tool I bought and subsequently returned. Thing is, the geometry, while apparently (claimed) meeting the parameters of...
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    Myford Super7 Bedford, NS

    Went for $1752, anyone here? D :cool:
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    Ditron DRO Sale on Ali

    Hi Sus I don't want to get in the middle of your discussion with Yuri about scales, the details are above my head but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention This Thread (31 Oct.) where Yuri says: Short version - Unless you absolutely must, don't use magnetic scales. Accuracy per dollar is...
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    Small Facemill

    I’m not 100% sure but it looks to me that there’s no step on the cutting surface of your Accusize insert. See the photo in @Susquatch ‘s post 15, it shows the step. I think sus’s insert is a larger size but the shape is the same. I have some of those on my larger face mill. I wonder if the...
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    Tool Nothing Lasts Forever

    Odd. My Mit lasts forever on a battery. D :cool:
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