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    Cool. But what is it?

    Yup, definitely a bangle cutter. Difficult to make it useful as anything else in my opinion. I sold it on for $350 and enjoyed the adventure.
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    Parting

    I am impressed.
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    Truing a L0 chuck spindle bore

    I am being picky of course. I get 0.004 face runout and .002 radial runout......on a four jaw chuck one probably will never find it an issue. Just a solution looking for a problem I guess.
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    Truing a L0 chuck spindle bore

    Perhaps you are right. But stoning concave surfaces would be challenging. It occurred to me, as I drifted off last night, that perhaps I could ink up the bore and sweep the surface with a ...say 1/2 in. dia. drill rod and see if any high spots show up.
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    Truing a L0 chuck spindle bore

    Just bought a 14" four jaw chuck that just fits my nominally 14" Celtic Mondiale lathe with an L0 spindle. The chuck is used, and it looks like the previous owner didn't bother to clean the spindle and bore many times. The chuck body is a one piece casting. The L0 taper bore has lots of...
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    Tool post grinder design

    The way I think about it is that I want the axis of the spindle to be parallel to the work I am grinding whether it be cylindrical or a taper. That at least allows for the most economical dressing of the stone. For a cylinder parallel to the lathe axis, I have a diamond point dresser in a right...
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    Advice Needed - Damaged Ways on New Lathe

    Looks like Mcgver posted while I was typing.
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    Advice Needed - Damaged Ways on New Lathe

    I would "stone" each area to make sure there is no distortion of the ways. Precision flat stones are all the rage these days, but any clean stone that has not been worn by use should be fine for the job. Have to admit though, I can't see any evidence of a raised surface. Perhaps it has been...
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    Other Silver soldering (brazing) drill extensions & deep hole drilling

    I didn't see any mention of black flux. I find it works well for me.
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    Welding stainless and low carbon steel

    For a weld that will not have a lot of stress other than from thermal, I would use several short stitch welds rather than one continuous weld.
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