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  1. Stellrammer

    Metal working - dry / lubricants / coatings / cooling mist

    CWret, misting with a water soluble coolant is a bit of a throwback, useful for HSS when milling, particularly in slotting, and to avoid using flood coolant which gets everywhere on a small Knee Mill. The mist also diminishes the air quality. Acculube became popular with micro drop “mist “ of a...
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    Keyless Chucks

  3. Stellrammer

    Metal working - dry / lubricants / coatings / cooling mist

    I have lots of friends with machine shops, I beg way lube, water soluble coolant tapping compounds from them. A lot of shops won’t mind handing over a litre of emulsifiable coolant if you have a container, then you can make up your own water to oil ratios. Oddly very few shops seem to have...
  4. Stellrammer

    Keyless Chucks

    Been there, done that, just by driving a 3/8 tap, toasted a perfectly good Albrecht trying to get it unstuck, also a little impatience and being rammy contributed.
  5. Stellrammer

    RFQ to manufacture spline and shaft

    I also can’t imagine anyone wanting to retain the drum brakes on a Griff. That being said I survived with rear drums on my GT6, at less weight and 1/3 rd of the HP. Are brake proportioned legal on the street? Might be difficult setting a rear disc on such a light car without getting unintended...
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    RFQ to manufacture spline and shaft

    The £900 gbp per each are full race, if you have a V8 Griff full race prepared probably worth it, could save a death wobble at 200KPH, not for the street car occasionally driven in anger. There are some less expensive ones out there @ £400 ea but they may be out of stock by now. I would have to...
  7. Stellrammer

    Tool My name is…and I’m a tool junkie

    The progression gets compounded when it requires a totally different set of skills. Every apprentice had to know how to sharpen a drill, make forms on a brazed tool, basic manual machining techniques. So much collective knowledge that is rendered obsolete in today’s manufacturing. The pace of...
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    Tool My name is…and I’m a tool junkie

    I retired 10 years ago. Just some of the things that are interesting to me, and highlight the performance and the high cost of achieving it in the competitive market place, that we don’t have to concern ourselves with as “ hobbyists “ Regarding Bombardier, you are correct, that is a specially...
  9. Stellrammer

    Removing a Mt1 taper from a No3 jacobs chuck

    All you need now is thoughts and prayers, it’s a dastardly endeavor at the best of times. Good luck
  10. Stellrammer

    Metal working - dry / lubricants / coatings / cooling mist

    The basics: HSS steel endmills need cooling most,and lubricating to some extent. Think water soluble coolant. Do not use automotive oil! Taps , lubrication, use tapping compound, in aluminum use cutting oil mixed with varsol. Do not use automotive oil! Drills, a thin cutting oil or emulsified...
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