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  1. Don Sipes

    Elegant way to hold angle blocks on a mill vice

    I have a small collection of precision angle blocks. I have been using them to dial in angles on my milling vise by placing them along the back of the fixed jaw and running a dial indicator along the angle.. I've used Duct Tape, painters tape and a mag base from a dial indicator to hold them in...
  2. Don Sipes

    RSVP Here for the Calgary meetup April 20/2024 - 10:30 AM

    RSVP me too!
  3. Don Sipes

    Clutch slave number two.

    OMG looks very Yamaha ish to me. Some time ago I fought the good fight trying to get an XS650 clutch that worked well. In the end I went hydraulic like you, but somewhat differently. I have pictures I could post if your interested but I don't want to high jack your thread.
  4. Don Sipes

    Calgary & area meet up Spring 2024.

    Count me in. I have some small shop and machine related donation items for a sales table. Proceeds to club or event. Looking forward to a good visit,
  5. Don Sipes

    SM change gears - Imperial 1120 for metric gears

    127/50 is the standard conversion ratio all lathes. It's derived from 2.54 Centimeters = 1 inch. 2.54/1 = 254/100 = 127/50. Change gears from other lathes not just SM may also work?
  6. Don Sipes

    Tool Slitting Saw Holder

    When tightened down the machine screw head is flush with the bottom of the arbor. I could possibly counter sink it a bit more and thin that bottom piece but there's not much to gain. I can't remember what I did exactly but it only protrudes about 1/8 to 3/16 below the blade when screwed down..
  7. Don Sipes

    Tool Slitting Saw Holder

    4 inches.
  8. Don Sipes

    Tool Slitting Saw Holder

    I have had a number of commercial slitting saw arbors and have been frustrated with all of them. The arbor would either protrude well bellow the saw and interfere with the work piece or the arbor was too short and the mill column would make clearance issue above the saw. I made this one to have...
  9. Don Sipes

    Service for Oxy/Ac gas saver.

    Now I'll be darned. I never thought of PA as a source. Probably and Asian import. And yes the name brand ones are expensive. The one I got is very used so I didn't pay near that price! I think the original North American manufacturer was Weldit, but it was sold by all the majors under their...
  10. Don Sipes

    Service for Oxy/Ac gas saver.

    It's a set of valves that go between the regulators and the torch. It has a lever to hang up the torch. the lever closes the valves. It also has a pilot light. When you need to pause welding and hang up torch it shuts off. When you restart just pick up the torch and pass it by the pilot light...
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