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    Tool Gauge Blocks - Am I the only one with missing/extras

    Are you talking the standard .100 wear blocks?
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    Tool Gauge Blocks - Am I the only one with missing/extras

    What are the odds? PM it to me too.
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    Face mill for Bridgeport

    I’m looking for a smallish face mill for my bridgeport, R8 shank(or to bolt to an arbor). Would prefer something with a common insert style, and wondering what you folks have had success with. I don’t need stupid high removal rates, just something that will take steel etc down to size...
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    Tool How to drive taps

    This is large mining equipment, and the M36 tapped holes were threads that were stripped, welded up, and I then recut. These particular bolts hold the swing motors and transmissions that swing the entire upper assembly on top of the undercarriage. Access is limited, I had just enough room to...
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    Tool Gauge Blocks - Am I the only one with missing/extras

    I do have a .149, no luck on a .147. Headed back to Fort Mac today, if you want it I can mail it when I get back.
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    Tool How to drive taps

    Tap drill sizes when you get into M36 or 2” tap sizes are limited, more so when you’re working in the field like we are with limited supplies. Often my tap drill is a near as possible size in an annular cutter. I have some ideas of what I want, was just hoping there would be something off the...
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    Tool Gauge Blocks - Am I the only one with missing/extras

    I have a bunch of ‘stray’ blocks. Sometimes they get pulled from sets if they are out of calibration for the set they are in. They do slowly change size over time, so sometimes what may start out as a block in a master set gets downgraded to a shop set etc. One company I worked for had their...
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    Cutting oil of choice

    I’ve been using a mix of stuff, had some LPS Gold, I think it’s all gone now, have a bunch of rapid tap, used to have some of the old school ‘Cool Tool’ that I think had ingredients that were eventually banned. At current rate I still have enough for another 2-3 years, then I may have to...
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    Tool How to drive taps

    I have Lisle tap sockets good up to 1” taps, guess I need to hunt for larger 8 point sockets. Issue is manually cranking them, as often I’m doing multiples, as an example, today I’m tapping 18 1”NC holes from scratch. One or two is one thing, but 18 holes is another. At least these are on the...
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    Tool How to drive taps

    Hey guys, I get into a lot of tapping in larger sizes, 1-2”, sometimes bigger. Often this is field work, with limited space and resources. Is there any options out there, mechanical or hydraulic, for cranking and holding these taps? Just kicking around ideas right now, but need to do...
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