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    What's Paul up to?

    CNC everything is so much more capable compared to manual machining, it opens up so many possibilities without the need of all the special tooling. Rotary table, angle plates, indexing , counterbores etc........... All these 3D printing, laser cutting , water jet CNC write-ups are so...
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    Fixerup patch up

    I like these Busy bee MT2 1" arbors. They can be machined into many tool holding type. After 4yrs, I finally made the smaller slitting saw arbor for my set. The missing 1/2" slitting saw arbor. I bought 4 extra MT2 1" arbors. I am thinking of making a shrink fit holder for some 1/4"...
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    Fixerup patch up

    Modified my tang MT2 arbors,so that I can also use a drawbar or the tang. When I used the MT2 arbors in the lathe tail stock the tang is useful when taking real heavy cut. But on the milling machine spindle without a drawbar, the MT2 arbors sometimes drop under intermittent cuts and bind...
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    parts for Black & Decker Router model 7610

    1. I would hard silver solder it or braze. Then form a HSS lathe cutter to the rack profile. Mount the lathe cutter onto a flycutter arbor and cut the rack on the milling machine. or 2. For a quick patch up. Because there is two identical rack ,JB weld glue might work. Before gluing...
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    Fixerup patch up

    This repair was definitely a patch up. Not proud of it of the way I fixed it, but provided me another dial indicator for the hobby home shop at no cost. I have difficulty throwing stuff in the garbage if it can be repaired. That is what my shop is for to fix stuff. The indicator was given to me...
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    What's Paul up to?

    The MT5 to 5C collet is on my bucket list. I suppose it is not an easy one to make. Two accurate tappers on that single part. I can see myself screwing one of them tapers and having to start over. You mentioned no movement on the MT5, maybe a good polish might take out some of the high spot...
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    2023 Year end project/shop assessment

    Joined this wonderful forum, read lots of interesting post. Thank you for posting! Took the wiring harness off the motorcycle, inspected wires for chaffing, repair damaged, re-taped and installed. Replaced steering stem bearing and did the yearly maintenance. Started my seedling for the...
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    STM QCTP Ottawa $150

    Thanks for promoting my ad. LOL Small world, that is my ad. Cleaning up my shop of stuff I will never use or duplicates of. I opted to keep my lantern tool post set-up instead of this QTPC. I know a lantern tool post shunned upon but I am so use to it and I like it. The ad above will list...
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    Weekly community thrift haul thread

    I never thought of checking the Value village or the Salvation for tools. It looks like it might be worth a stop. I have stop by some pawn shop but so far never found anything of value
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    Cardboard Box Solutions

    Maybe if I had pictures of the .......... thermostat carboard gasket, I might of deserved the free carboard box. Joking aside, I was impressed how long this gasket held, she sold the car two years later, with the same gasket and still no leaks. Another interesting car fix was when the...
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