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  1. sorrelcreek

    Power Feed

    Looks good geoff your going to be happy with power feed and you got a good price.
  2. sorrelcreek

    aluminum pallets

    Hi John I do remember seeing your post on this. It's a great looking project and they are very useful for all types of set up. It's one project that you can add and modify to what ever you can think of.
  3. sorrelcreek

    Bead roller project

    Hi jyman myself personally I would build them out of steel over cast cause they are going to be smaller gears and your not quite sure what the torque is going to be which is going to be pretty high if the gears are going straight setup to the bead roller shafts. How are you turning it by hand...
  4. sorrelcreek

    aluminum pallets

    The aluminum wasn't to bad about $70.00 for all the aluminum and I went with aluminium over steel for the fact that it just easier when your machining something and you break through the part you just going into aluminum instead of steel and the weight is better. It doesn't matter what you make...
  5. sorrelcreek

    aluminum pallets

    I've seen these being used lots and wanted to make some after seeing how any ways you can use them. I made two that are 6x4x1 inche thick and one that is 6x8x1 inche thick my vise opens to almost 9 inches that's why a built a bigger pallet. On two pallets with more holes I drilled and tap...
  6. sorrelcreek

    Dovetail Cutter

    Nice job always great when everything works out when your building something that you haven't built before and it has a complex setup that takes time to set up.
  7. sorrelcreek

    Involute cutter

    Hi Peter when did mcmaster not sell to individuals I haven't order personally in a while but I have and I know at work we don't have an account with them or anything?
  8. sorrelcreek

    Involute cutter

    Mcmaster Carr that's were we buy are gear cutters for work. I know are dallor sucks right now but I'm sure it's still a good price. The other place is ebay if your not in a rush for the cutter to come in. On mcmaster your looking at $70-100 for a cutter I know there expensive. They cheaper way...
  9. sorrelcreek

    chasing threads

    Yes I know about the grease trick I know lots of people do that. Me personally I just don't like putting the grease on the three wires and measuring just cause the grease gets on the micrometer and your hands when trying to measure and may give you a little miss reading.
  10. sorrelcreek

    Members Meetup Calgary | Coffee Shop | Saturday, January 23rd

    Hi jwest I was going to bring some cash at the meet up to give you to help support the forum does that work too?
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