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  1. Johnwa

    Crawford lathe cone drive conundrum...

    On my Southbend the cap is part of the casting with a saw slot cut in the front. There is a sandwich of fine shims that go in the slot There is one bolt that is tightened up against the shims to squeeze that cut. . The idea is that as the spindle/bore wears, shims are removed. I would imagine...
  2. Johnwa

    How to shorten glass linear scale?

    I posted a picture of the offcut of one I shortened with a bandsaw. https://canadianhobbymetalworkers.com/threads/cutting-down-dro-scale.4891/page-2#post-149489 Message #33 The glass just breaks off. As long as the read head doesn’t reach the broken portion it’s of no concern.
  3. Johnwa

    Case hardened steel

    Someone with a small kiln might be able to anneal it.
  4. Johnwa

    Tool End Of An Era - Time For A New Soldering Gun Tip

    OMG, mine must be +50 years old! It still gets a bit off use when that bit of extra heat is needed.. The tips take a bit of beating pushing nuts into 3D prints.
  5. Johnwa

    Unique drill sharpener

    It grinds both flutes at the same time. The construction looks sketchy but the concept is interesting. https://www.thousandat.com/products/drill-grinding-2
  6. Johnwa

    Tool South Bend 9A screws?

    My problem was too much backlash, I didn’t have to convert to imperial. The new nut solved the backlash problem. He may not have to change his dials. My dials go from 0 to 100 and measure in thousandth how much I’m taking off the radius. If it were 0 to 200 then it would indicate how much...
  7. Johnwa

    Tool South Bend 9A screws?

    I bought a x slide screw and nut quite a few years ago. IIRC the set was well under $100. Prices sure have increased! On ebay.COM you can still find nuts for under $50. I also found 36”of 1/2-10 LH acme rod for under $25. This is all US$ and without shipping. The suggested way for machining...
  8. Johnwa

    Dabblings

    My oldest sister has an egg allergy. Since the smallpox vaccine is grown in eggs it would never take for her. As an older adult she was working in a cancer research lab and had to have all her shots up to date and the shot finally took. Between the allergic reaction and the vaccine it was so...
  9. Johnwa

    Missing Images....

    All the images in this thread are showing on my IPad IOS 17.5.1.
  10. Johnwa

    World's Cheapest shop, OR Luddite's CAD replacement tool

    ??
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